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The figure of the handle ilhistrated in phite 4, Z>, is similar 

 to that of jolate 4, C, but the two incised lines ornamenting it con- 

 tinue along the rim of the bowl and end above an oval elevation 

 evidently representing the body of the animal. The slender head 

 of the animal projects upward; the eyes are small, and incised 

 crook-shaped lines extend along the head and partly surround the 

 eyes. The equatorial gii't of this vessel is somewhat larger than 

 the circumference of the rim and is decorated with two incised 

 parallel lines. 



Another variation in form of effigy handle is shown in plate 

 4, E, the head represented in this case having a somewhat pointed 

 snout, oval eyes surrounded by circular grooves, an open mouth, 

 and projections separated by grooves on the head. This is more 

 massive than the handles before described; it is not incised, and 

 its breadth at the middle is somewhat less than at the point of 

 attachment to the body of the vessel. 



One of the most elaborate heads ornamenting a handle jDartly 

 free from the body of the vessel is shown in plate 4, F. This 

 handle, like the preceding, is thick and broad. When placed with 

 the rim of the vessel uppermost the two grooves may be identified 

 as lii^s, the crescents above them as nostrils, and the ring on the 

 side as an eye. If, however, the figure is turned in such manner 

 that the rim is vertical, what was identified as the forehead becomes 

 the snout with nostrils and mouth. 



The handle shown in plate 5, A, instead of being broad is small 

 and rounded. It is decorated with incised lines, and the effigy por- 

 tion is larger than the handle proper. The head is protuberant 

 and the ej'es lenticular. Although the other features of the head 

 are considerably distorted, it would appear that the handle in this 

 specimen extends from the top of the head instead of from the neck, 

 thereby turning the mouth uppermost, as in the last example. 



In the sections of the rims of vessels next to be described no 

 handles are present. Plate 5, i?, represents a rim ornamented with 

 two incised, horizontal, parallel furrows, alternating with vertical 

 grooves. This rim is broad and flaring, with rounded margins, im- 

 parting a convex surface to this portion of the bowl, which has a 

 straight body and a flat base. 



The incised ornamentation on the example shown in plate 5, C, 

 is more elaborate than the last. In this case the rim is quite broad, 

 somewhat pointed, and covered with furrows, indicating an elaborate 

 figure which unfortunately can not be wholly determined on account 

 of its incompleteness. 



Plate 5, Z>, exhibits a well-modeled rim, probably representing a 

 turtle with open mouth and rounded eyes. The pits under the lower 



