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ANCIENT ART OF THE PROVINCE OK CHIRiyUI. 



and most interesting is illustrated in Fig. 11. It is carved from a 

 piece of vesicular basaltic tufa and is in a perfect state of preservation. 

 The height is indies and tlie .liiiiH..t,M' of the t 



nches. tliat of 



stool shaped objec 



jray, minutely cellular basalt — ; 



the base being a little less. The slightly concave upper surface is 

 depressed about half an inch below the upright marginal band. The 

 periphery is a little more than an inch in width and is decorated with 

 a simple guilloche-like ornament in relief. The disk-like cap is con- 

 nected by open lattice-like work with the ring which forms the base. 



Fig. 12. Stool with columnar base, carved from gray basaltic rock — i. 



The interior is neatly hollowed out. The open work of the sides con- 

 sists of two elaborately carved figures of monkeys, alternating 

 with two sections of trellis work, very neatly executed. The other 

 specimen is somewhat less elaborate in its sculptured ornament 



