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the Azuero Peninsula than to Code. Both modeled hands are placed 

 to the mouth. The head is white slipped with a ridge to indicate the 

 hairline and a high conical hat decorated with alternating red and 

 purple stripes. There are six symmetrical body panels, redrawn 

 flat in the illustration. The front panel (a') is repeated on the back 

 and consists of scrolls in black on the natural background. The 

 inner portions of the scrolls end in stylized "alligator god" heads. 

 The side panels {a") are placed over a white background and consist 

 of elaborate convolutions ending in alligator god heads and having 

 fillers of small red and purple wedges. 



The vessel shown in figure 14 is made of a finer buff paste, com- 

 pletely slipped with a hard, polished cream-white surface. It is 



Figure 14. — Polychrome effigy jar. 



