118 ANCIENT ART OF THK l'K()VIN<'K OF CHIRIQUI. 



Ill the examijle pi (Milled \u Vij, li.^tlii m liul an. I'^.ue tilled in with 

 lattice-like arranirenieiits ot Inu -- In (jlhtib N\e ha\t dots, checkerK. 



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and varied geometric coiiibinations, and in very many cases the fig- 

 ures are derived from life forms. The same may be said of the de- 

 vices that occupy the sjjaces between the arches. The piece shown in 

 Fig. Ki'J exhibits a somewhat more elaborate treatment, but the mo- 

 tives and arrangements are much the same. These vessels are pecu- 

 liar ill the treatment of the ground. The entire surface is red, with 

 the exception of narrow bands of light ground color, which outline 

 the arches and encircle the periphery. In other cases these bands are 

 red, the remainder of the ground being light. Series of lines are 

 drawn from the lower border of the zuiw to the center of tlie liase of 

 the body. 



In a small group of vases we have a radiate ornament within the 

 arches and in a few cases the arched lines are continued down around 



the base of the vessel, forming vertical circles in which rosette-like 

 designs are formed by repeating the radiate figures in an inverted 



