Ladd] PARITA AND SANTA MARIA ARCHEOLOGY, PANAMA 127 



CALABAZA TYPE; CER1t6 VARIETY 



Sample. — Fragments of 5 vessels (pi. 9, a). 



Paste. — Large particles of crushed rock, much of it quartz, con- 

 stitute the temper. The paste is fired to a red hue similar to that of 

 the Calabaza variety, but the interior half of the vessel wall cross 

 section in three out of the four vessels at the Peabody Museum varied 

 from a light gray-brown to a dark gray-brown (Munsell lOYR; 5/1 

 to 3/1). Thickness ranges from 6-10 mm., averaging about 8 mm. 

 Hardness rates at 4 on Mohs' scale and thus is fairly high. 



Form. — A tall spouted bottle with a sharp basal angle and a ring 

 base (fig. 35, i). Unfortunately, no complete vessels were present in 

 the Peabody collection; thus heights cannot be given, but diameters 

 estimated from the fragments ranged from 15.5-18 cm. 



Appendages and construction. — Underside of body is deeply scored 

 for attachment of ring base. 



Surface. — Judging from a photograph of Dr. Mitchell's specimen, 

 the design area is limited to the lower third or half of the vessel while 

 the upper portion or spout is covered with a solid red slip. Likewise, 

 the basal portion below the angle is red-slipped to the ring support. 



The design area is set off from the red slipped areas above and 

 below by a broad black band and two black lines. Within these the 

 ground color varies from cream buff to a light brown. Design colors 

 are apparently limited to black and red. On four of the fragments 

 and on the complete vessel, the primary design motif is flanked above 

 and below by four triangular elements combined with a row of dots 

 (fig. 50, c) which act as dividers between repetitions of the primary 



Figure 50. — Calabaza type, Cerit6 variety, design elements, a, Find 30-9; b, 

 ? 15; c, P-15. Horizontal lines indicate red. 



