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combined with either the circle and dot seed pod or the negative 

 technique motifs of the Cuipo variety. Lothrop illustrates both 

 additional shapes: the open bowl with seed pod elements arranged 

 about the upper exterior of the vessel (Lothrop, 1942, fig. 418, 6) 

 from the Potrero Riquelme site on the Rio Code, and a plate with 

 flat base, slightly convex upper surface, and a flat rim decorated with 

 the negative dragon motif, from Macaracas (Lothrop, 1942, fig. 461, 6). 



A negative style design not foimd in the He-4 collection, in this 

 case a profile bird, is present along with the diamond-in-a-ribbon 

 motif of the Higo variety on a pedestal plate listed from Veraguas in 

 the Dade Collection (cat. No. 22/9303). In this case the ground 

 slip is a light cream, and cuneiform slits are present in the pedestal 

 base. Other instances of Higo or Pica-pica variety elements in com- 

 bination with those of the Cuipo variety include a plate sherd from 

 Parita with the seed pod motif on one side and a color-filled crocodile 

 claw on the other (Lothrop, 1942, fig. 444, a, a') and a pedestal plate 

 in the Dade Collection listed from Veraguas combining the negative 

 dragon with circle and dot seed pods, and a diamond motif base 

 (Mus. Amer. Ind. cat. No. 22/9512). A simple form of the split arc 

 is also present on this plate (fig. 45, c) and is reminiscent of the Yampi 

 variety (fig. 24, i; also Lothrop 1942, fig. 485). 



A more specific tie with the Ortiga variety is illustrated by both 

 MacCurdy and Lothrop from the De Zeltner Collection of Chiriqui 

 vessels (MacCurdy, 1911, figs. 257 and 258 and Lothrop, 1942, fig. 

 480, a). In this case, a vessel of typical Cuipo turtle jar shape, except 

 for its short straight collar, combines seed pod and negative dragon 

 elements with frog handles on the shoulder. These frog appendages 

 are closely associated with Ortiga variety of the Parita type. To 

 further complicate matters, the seed pods are not the typical circle 

 and dot type, but apparently correspond more closely to the solid 

 black or solid black with ladder element types of the Calabaza variety. 

 In addition, Lothrop (1942, fig. 462, a, a') iUustrates a sherd from 

 Macaracas with a possible Ortiga l3n:'e element on one side and a 

 fijie-lined seed pod on the other. 



Two examples of the Cuipo turtle jar, but with variant seed pod 

 elements, are present in the Dade Collection. One (Mus. Amer. Ind. 

 cat. No. 22/8391) listed from Veraguas is almost a duplicate of an 

 IIe-4 specimen in shape, size, use of turtle elements along the vessel 

 side including head, tail, and plastron motifs, and use of the color- 

 filled spindle element. It differs by adding the diamond-in-a-ribbon 

 motif and by arranging the circle and dot seed pod elements into 

 Z patterns and split arc patterns (fig. 45, a). The color-filled circle 

 is also present. The other vessel (Mus. Amer. Ind. cat. No. 22/950 l)j 



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