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ANCIENT AKT OF THE PROVINCE OF CHIRIQUI. 



accompanied by two rows of minute indented nodes. The heads are 

 probably intended to represent the armadillo. They are hollow and 

 contain movable pellets. The fillet ornaments are always tastefully 

 ti»eated, and in many cases represent twisted and plaited cords. 

 Some are marked in herring bone fashion and others have trans- 

 verse indentations. • Small pellets of clay were much used and to 

 excellent advantage. They were set on lightly with the fingers and 



Vase with mantle covered with incised flgures- 



firmly pressed down with minute pointed or edged tools and hollow 

 straws or reeds (Figs. 75 and 76). Some of these nodes are finished 



to represent the heads of animals. This is done with an ease and 

 a simplicity that call forth our admiration (Fig. 77). 



Fig. 78 illustrates a series of vases having flaring rims, the treat- 



