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pitcher" is reliable for general form, even if not accurate in .some 

 details. 



This lost vase of the Latimer collection has the form of a bird, of 

 which the head is represented on one side, the neck on the other, the 

 two being united by a handle. The body is ovate, inclined to globular, 

 with indications of the wings in relief areas on the sides of the bodj^. 



An Antillean effigy vase of one of the most interesting forms was 

 collected by Mr Gabb in Santo Domingo and deposited in the Smith- 

 sonian Institution. Although this object (plate lxxvi, a and «') is 

 destitute of a head, its other characters are so remarkable that it may 

 be regarded as the most exceptional form of pottery from the West 

 Indies yet known. This specimen represents half of a seated figure, 

 one side being perfectlj' flat, the other rounded. The front view 

 shows a portion of the head and the body, legs, and arms, the last 

 mentioned being brought to the breast. Representations of the ribs 

 and of several of the vertebral processes are shown in the side view. 

 The umbilicus appears in both figures and male sexual organs are visi- 

 ble. The thigh, indicated bj^ a ring, shown in (/, is double or broken 

 at one point, as is common in incised decorations of this character. 

 The toes appear below the rump; the upper leg and knee are well 

 modeled. 



In € is represented a bowl from Archbishop Merino's collection 

 which is exceptional in having its equator surrounded by a raised 

 ridge of zigzag form indented throughout with notches, and specimen 

 h of the same plate has the surface decorated with incised lines and a 

 face in relief on each side, bearing likewise pits with indentations that 

 represent anterior and posterior appendages. 



One of the small globular bowls showzi in plate lxxvii, o and a\ 

 was found in a cave not far from Utuado, Poi'to Rico. From its asso- 

 ciation with a necklace of stone beads, elsewhere described, and other 

 offerings, this object was evidently mortuary. Seen from the top, it 

 will be noticed that diametrically opposite each other on the upper 

 side are two 8-shaped dentate elevations, the only relief ornamentation 

 of the vessel. On the sides of the bowl, filling the interval between 

 the 8-shaped elevations, are incised decorations consisting of two circles 

 with pits and parallel lines between them. A shallow incised groove 

 surrounds the opening of the bowl. A side view reveals a portion of 

 the flat base upon which the object rests, an unusual feature in most 

 Antillean bowls and vases. 



In h is represented a bowl almost entire that was plowed up in a 

 cane field near Salinas, Porto Rico, and, with the three three-pointed 

 stones elsewhere mentioned, presented to the Smithsonian Institution 

 by Mr Zoller. This bowl has a head in low relief seen on the right 

 side near the rim, but the corresponding head on the opposite side of 

 the bowl is missing. 



