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motif (on two examples this is repeated three times; the other speci- 

 mens are too fragmentary or eroded to provide this information). 

 The complete vessels and two of the fragments exhibited a char- 

 acteristic S scroll (fig. 50, b) as the primary motif. That of the third 

 fragment with decoration remaining (Find 30-9), however, was an 

 atypical rectangular scroll (fig. 50, a) reminiscent of the El HatUlo 

 type. An additional vessel recovered at He-4 by Mr. Zelsman of the 

 Canal Zone combines two design motifs, each apparently repeated 

 twice — an Espala variety rectangular dragon and a split-legged scroll 

 design. 



Comment. — Like the Calabaza variety, this variety also appears to 

 straddle two types; in this case the El Hatillo and the Ortiga. The 

 vessel form with its sharp basal angle is reminiscent of the various 

 angled bottles of the El HatUlo variety and also resembles the "pyra- 

 mid" bottle shape in red-buff ware of Finds 369 and 377. 



Another mode resembling the El Hatillo variety is the rectangular 

 scroll motif mentioned above. The paired triangular elements pro- 

 jecting from a border band also occasionally occur in the El HatUlo 

 variety (e.g.. Find 30-1, Vessel P-43). The S scroll motif or some- 

 thing very simUar to it with split-legged elements containing circles 

 in black line is found on both Ortiga and Calabaza variety vessels. 

 Under these circumstances, and in view of the design consistency in 

 at least three of the vessels, it seemed advisable to set up a varietal 

 status in the Calabaza type even though the total number of examples 

 is so smaU. 



Geographical range. — The only examples I know of aU came from 

 the He-4 site. 



Chronological position. — Grave associations in Find 30 indicate that 

 the Cerit6 variety is contemporary with the El HatiUo variety and 

 thus probably coeval with, or later than, the Parita type and probably 

 later than the Macaracas type. 



Relationships of variety. — Kelated to the El HatUlo, Espala, Cala- 

 baza, and Ortiga varieties. 



Bibliography. — None. 



MISCELLANEOUS POLYCHROME AND BICHROME WARES 



Black-on-White Lip 



Thirty-one sherds of small open bowl rims (unmodified lip) with 

 white-slipped lips on which a series of black dashes are arranged 

 radially around the bowl in the fashion of the Gir6n type, radial 

 banded subvariety, were recovered at He-4. Occasionally, as with 

 the Smoked ware bowls, small lobes extended out horizontally from 

 the rim exterior, and one example has a modeled "frog" effigy face 



