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vase is sandy and is reddish gray near tlie surface and quite dark 

 witliin the mass. The modeling is thoroughly well done, and the sur- 

 face, which is of a somber, yellowish gray tint, is highly polished. 

 The figures are drawn chiefly in black, red being confined to broad 

 lines and areas. De Zeltner published photographic ilhistrations of 

 a similar va.se with his pamphlet on the graves of Chiriqui. That 

 specimen is now, I believe, in the hands of Prof. (). C. Marsh, of 

 New Haven. It corresponds very closely in nearly every lespect 

 with the example here described 



The polydi tome gronp — The N ihou il "\[usf um t ollcction contains 

 butthiM ( \ iiiiiTl.s, f tliismc st nti^ti. . f tlu n\ ii > -^ uf Chiriqui. Its 

 clami t u| M ii1\ 1 ts u] n i( it iii ]< bin s uid refinement of 

 exetnti ii nilim H\ itli m bli u( ss ot outliiu u id a type of design 

 nuK li HI I h mce ot olhei ibthmian decoiatiou It is probablj' most 

 111 iil\ illii d to the ware of thealligatoi gioup and it possesses some 

 (>r tilt diiiaitensti t fl ' t ( nli il \iii n in work. Unlike 



Fin. 3i)r, Large vase with decorations in red and black- - 



the ntll 



T waros I 



d 111.' slip 

 11 rasfs ui 



jiii. this pottery has a bright salmon red 

 is ,-1 delicate shade of the .same color. In 

 (■<1 portions of the surface are finished in 



