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AXCIKNT ART 



ItOVlNCE OF CHIRIQU 



A second excuiiple, lUustidtid m Fig H)'). is a fine piece of some- 

 what unusual sliape The oiihte is inimpet shaped and rather too 

 wide for good ])ro])orti()n The hndv is flattened above and conical 



below and is Mijipditi d 1 \ i i^i i .innul.ii foot The paste 



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FiCJ. 209. Hands 



1 black, red, and pnrple— J. 



is of a light brick red color, and the slip, as seen in the ground of 

 the decorated belt, is a pale gray orange. Uiideeorated portions of 

 the surface are painted red. Tlie ornamented zone is interrupted by 

 two pairs of handle-like ajipendages set upon the outer part of the 

 shoulder. These projections may possibly have served as handles, as 

 they are perforated both horizontally and vertically, but they are 

 at the same time undoubtedly conventionalized animal forms, the 

 creature being represented by the four flattened, transversely marked 

 arms or rays and an eye-like device ])ainted upon the top of each figure. 

 The painted devices are seen in plan in Fig. 310, where the relations of 

 the relieved features to the zone of painted decoration are clearly 

 shown. This zone is divided into panels of unequal dimensions, and 

 within these a number of extraordinary devices are drawn in three 

 colors, red, black, and purple. These are distinguished in the plan by 

 ]MM-uliartin1]inrs. Tli.Ml,.siu-,,s .-uv . .f such a rliaVac-t.-r as tnh,iv.. little 

 .l..u1.t tlial thrv aiv idcm-apliir.allli.Mmhal |.ivscnl it is i iii ] i. .ssil ilc to 

 guess the iiatuiv of the ass..ciat.-d i.lras. The aiiiiulai- f. mt ..l.sci'ved 

 in this specimen illustrates tlu- first step in tin- development of a 

 feature the final stage of which is shown in Fig. 211. The latter 



