HOLMES] BLACK INCISED GROUP OF WARE. 33 



of the head of some aniinal. possibly a peccary. The side rei^resent- 

 ing the face is prolonged, giving an uusymmetric profile, as seen in 

 the seci'iwi i;._iHi-.. Till- i-vc^.. are set midway between the ear-(\vhich 



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Fir, 110 \a'>e moleleil to lesemblt til licid I 



aieplacedat the sides) and t]i( u^stiils mil m nu 1 --i d bj curious en. 

 gitued ht,uies piobibh su^.,t -t I I \ tin miikni_,sof the animal 

 poitiajed An aiclif d iid.,1 u pu m utiii^ tin I hows, connects the 

 budge of the nose^vith the eais The most novel feature of this 

 piece IS the band of incited ornament that ciosbes the liack of the 



Pattern upon the back of tUe 1 



■nted in Fig. llC. 



head and serves probably to carry out the idea of the complete creat- 

 ure. As will be seen by reference to the figure, it is. a guilloche-like 

 interlacing of fillets, bordered and apparently held in place by longi- 

 tudinal bands, beyond which the angles of the ornament project. The 

 pattern is a modified form of one commonly seen upon the margins 

 of the larger stone metates, and, although rarely met with in the pot- 

 tery of Chiriqui, was a favorite motive with the potters of Costa 

 Rica. This vessel comes from 30 miles north-northwest of David. 



The unpainted wares here so briefly described are typically Chiri- 

 quian. and are (dosely associated in the graves with most of the lead- 

 ing groups of art products of the province. It must be allowed that 



