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ANCIENT ART OF THK l'R()VIN( E OF CHIRIVUI. 



An example of the tir.st style is g-iv(!ii in Fig. l!)o, wliieh represents the 

 largest pieee in this group of ware. The form is symmetrical and 

 very pleasing to the eye. The surface is not very highly polished an<l 

 shows the marks of the polishing implement distinctly over the entire 

 surface. Two black lines encircle the flat ujiper surface of tlie rim 

 and the outer margin is red. The neck and a narrow zone at the up- 

 per part of the body are finished in a cream colored slip and the body 

 below this is red. The narrow band of ornament occupies the lower 

 marein of the liaht colored zone and consists of five encircling lines 

 in black, three ot which aie <ib(i\ e and t\\o below a band one-half an 

 ini h \\ide. m \\ln(hfi\e mncli sim])liHed figuies ot alligators are 

 di.nMi B(M(levllu.M li^iii th I II f \.il iK I n n-likebands. 



FTfi. 1!)5. Large bottle 



of the alligator— J, 



Kaclinf I hese consists of three lines bordered by dots, which ])rnba,- 

 l)Iy have some relationship with the alligator. The decorated zone of 

 these vessels is divided in various ways into panels, some of which are 

 triangular, while others are rectangular or arched. The latter form 

 is seen in Fig. liHi. Five arches, having no border line above, are 

 (iceupied by abbreviated alligator devices. The number of comi)art- 



