94 ANCIENT ART OF THE PROVINCE OF CHIRIQUI. 



the re;ilistif life form ami the conventional nodes and fillets. In this 

 case the node is supplied with eyes and a mouth, and the double roll 

 of clay beneath is manifestly intended for the arms, the handle. itself 

 standing for the body. The loop is njjright and joins the shoulder 



t(i tilt' i-iiii. The winged character produced by the expansion at the 

 contact of handle and lip is shown to advantage in the top view (Fig. 

 133.) In some cases this expansion is so great as completely to hide 

 the body of the vase when viewed from aliove. 



Examples are outlined in Figs. 134 and 135 in whicli tlie life form 



grotesque animal shaped handles- 



is cleaidy defined. In the first we have a human-like figure, the face 

 of which is entirely hidden by the hands. In the second we observe 

 a. curious little animal figure, with a long curved proboscis and a body 

 covered with annular indentations. In general shape and in orna- 

 mentation these vases do not differ from the preceding. A remarka- 



