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difficult to decide the original color of the pottery. In some instances, 

 the red paint has turned orange and in others, dusky brown; it is 

 difficult to decide the original hue. One example of this wide range in 

 hue can be seen on the horizontal red line striping on the legs of the 

 tripod vessel (pi. 30, b). 



There were five examples of tripod vessels, two of which are fairly 

 complete. One of these consists of smooth buff ware well coated with 

 lime on both interior and exterior (pi. 30, a). The outflaring rim is 

 4.7 cm. wide. The interior is decorated with four groups of seven red 

 perpendicular lines 0.3 cm. wide, spaced quadrilaterally. Each 

 grouping is approximately 3.8 cm. wide. The edge of the rim is also 

 painted red. 



The other fairly complete specimen has the rim missing, but this 

 was probably a bowl-shaped form (pi. 30, b). The body is roughened 

 by horizontal striating. The legs are smooth, decorated with hori- 

 zontal red line painting and three perpendicular slots 5.0 cm. long, 

 0.5 cm. wide. Two slots are on either side of the leg, near the top; 

 the other in the center front near the foot, which is broken off. The 

 most nearly complete leg has a modeled animal figure seated on the 

 upper edge. The interior of the vessel is smooth and buff in color. 

 Most of the exterior is blackened by carbon. This specimen is almost 

 identical with two figured by Wassen, 1949 (figs., 9, a; 10) found near 

 Boquete, Chiriqui. 



Of the remaining three examples, two were of the buff striated type 

 and the other, consisting of a conical base, is of thick buff ware. The 



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Figure 19. — Bowl with slotted pedestal base. Black core, dark buff margins; fine temper; 

 base and interior of bowl polished dark buff; deep red slip on exterior of bowl on which 

 were painted black perpendicular stripes extending from the rim to the juncture with 

 the base; see pi. 31,/. 



