BLACK INCISED (!ROUP OF WAKE. 



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they were deeply engraved with a sharp point while the clay was still 

 moist. The lines are usually very deep and are filled with a white 

 siibstance which renders the pattern distinctly visible upon the sur- 

 face. It seems probable that the lines were engraved deeply with the 

 intention of producing this effect. Type siaecimens are shown in Figs. 

 110 and 111. They are small globular bottles, with short necks and 

 wide apertures and with handles placed at opposite sides of the lip, 

 which is x'rolonged to meet them. The design covers a large part of 

 the body and is separated into two parts by the handles and the un- 

 decorated panels that descend from them. The figures api)ear to be 



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Black cups with incised reptilian figures — i, 



very highly conventionalized animal forms, probably serpents. The 

 coiled ends of the ribbon-like dotted bands are evidently meant to sug- 

 gest the heads of reptiles. The figures assume a variety of shapes and 



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grade by degrees from the recognizable life forms into })urely geomet- 

 ric patterns. Examples of the latter style are given in Figs. 112 and 

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