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ANCIENT ART OF THE PKOVINCE OF CHIRIQUI. 



to the lip, which is uniformly prolonged at the contact and is also 

 widened all arov^nd ; the result is the curious winged outline shown 

 in Fig. 133. . 



A third variety of handle is a single arch, which spans the orifice 

 and is attached to opposite sides of the expanded lip. In a fourth 

 variety the looped handles are replaced l^y the heads of animals, 

 which are set upon the shoulder of the vase, as are similar features in 

 other groups of ware. 



A type specimen with the horizontal loop is shown in Fig. 128. 

 Tlie lii) and a wide belt about the body are painted red and the 

 shoulder is occupied by rudely executed arched strokes of the same 



bodied red vase with unique handles and incised ornament — J. 



color. A much less usual shape is given in Fig. 129. which exhibits 

 some characters of contour that remind us of well known Grecian 

 forms. Another novel variation from the type is seen in Fig. 130. 

 in which the arch of each loop is divided by an i;pright piece. A 

 neat incised ornament occujiics tin' shoulder of this vessel and the 

 remainder of the body is tiuislu'd in pale i-ed. 



