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ANCIENT ART OF THE PROVINCE OP CHIRIQUI. 



with whorls of baked clay. These whorls are not jjlentiful in the 

 graves of Chiriqui, but such as have been collected are quite sim- 

 ilar in style to those of Mexico and Peru. In Figs. 218, 219, and 

 220 we have three examples modeled with considerable attention to 

 detail but comparatively rude in finish. They are in the natural 

 color of the baked clay and are but rudely polisho<l. The first is en- 

 circled by a line of rough, indented nodrs. tlii> second is iMiibcllisiied 

 with homely little animal figures, and tlir thin 1 with iucist'd patterns 

 and rude incisions. 



NEEDLEUASESC:'). 



I have given this name to a rather large class of small oblong or 

 oval receptacles that could have served to contain needles or any 

 other small articles of domestic use or of the toilet. They consist of 

 two parts, a vessel or body and a lid. The former takes a variety of 

 cylindrical, subcylindrical, and doubly conical shapes, and the latter 

 is conical and is in many cases fvtrnished with a knob at the top for 

 grasping with the fingers. The lid is attached or held in place by 

 means of strings passed through small holes made for the purpose in 

 corresponding margins of the two parts. These objects were in pretty 

 general use in the province, as they are found to belong to a number 

 of the groups of ware, being finisln-d and drcuratcil as aiv the ordi- 

 nary Vessels of these classes. A IVw I)!"' s|ii'iiiii(iis aic -■i\cii in the 

 following cuts. A fine example [)clnngiiig to the uiipainted waiv is 



Fig. 291. Needlecasi 

 ical lid — }. 



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Fig. 339. Needlecase. lost color group of 



shown in outline in Fig. 221. It is five inches in height and three in 

 diameter and is pleasing in shape. The specimen outlined in Fig. 



