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adornos on rim top, often connected to vertical or horizontal loop 
handle (fig. 30-3). 
4, Jar with globular body, short collarlike neck with a convex profile, 
and short everted rim with a rounded, flattened, or tapered lip. 
Junction between neck and body is typically a sharp angle. A 
decorative rib frequently runs around the body at the maximum 
diameter. Neck height 4-5 cm.; mouth diameter 18-32 cm. Low 
relief and large adornos ornament exterior, incision on flat inner 
rim edge (fig. 30-4). 
Appendages: 
Vertical loop handle beginning at an adorno affixed to the rim and 
looping down to the body wall of a vessel of form 3. Cross section 
is generally round, measuring 1.3-1.5 cm. in diameter (fig. 30-8). 
Two horizontal strap handles, oval in cross section, measuring 4.0 by 
1.2 em.; one has a plain nubbin 8 mm. high on the center of the 
loop, the other a Barrancoid adorno. 
DECORATION (figs. 31-37 ; pls. 16-20) : 
Techniques: Modeling employed in conjunction with incision, which is either 
superimposed or associated. 
Incision: Incised lines typically rather broad (2-3 mm.), U-shaped groove; 
depth ranges from 0.5-3.0 mm. but is typically 1.0-1.5 mm. Incisions are 
often sloppy with dragged margins, and unequal in width and depth. 
Modeling: Varies from a slight rib giving a sculptured effect to the sur- 
face and emphasizing parts of the design, to large adornos sculptured 
with the sureness and boldness characteristic of the Barrancoid styles 
from the mouth of the Orinoco in Venezuela. Adornos are typically 
solid. Some show clean breaks as a result of application to the vessel 
or rim surface after the clay had begun to dry, others appear to have 
been applied when wet and so well kneaded into the vessel surface that 
they break off with a jagged edge taking away part of the vessel wall. 
Features of the adorno modeling were first roughed out by finger 
manipulation and then accentuated with incised lines and sculpturing. 
Motif: The attempt was made to separate the differing combinations of 
modeling and incision represented in Akawabi Modeled and Incised into 
several pottery types. If was found, however, that although a few 
adornos have no incision on them, others do, and the gradation in work- 
manship was such that no significant subdivision could be made. Five 
combinations of modeling and incision can be distinguished, some of which 
may occur together on the same vessel : 
1. Low relief (pls. 16, 20, a-f).—Applique modeling in form of curved 
bands or irregularly shaped areas, 0.7-2.5 em. wide, raised 2-4 mm. 
above the vessel surface. Some variation in degree of relief on a 
single sherd frequently occurs because of the presence of bosses, 
nubbins and other prominences on the bands. Raised areas are set 
off by incised lines, which are frequently slightly broader than the 
incisions composing the rest of the design. Incised decoration is 
typically applied to the surface of the applique, but also some- 
times occurs in the intervening areas. This is the most abundant 
and characteristic form of Akawabi Modeled and Incised. 
2. High relief (fig. 56, a, b; pls. 17, 20, g, h). Applique modeling in the 
form of ribs, bosses, or ‘masks,’ which rise 0.5-2.5 em. above the 
vessel surface. The larger ones differ from adornos in being an 
integral part of the vessel wall rather than free standing. This 
