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Ficure 36.—Zoomorphic adornos of Akawabi Incised and Modeled, Motif 4: non-Barran- 
coid, Mabaruma Phase. 
cartoon character, “Mr. Magoo.” ‘The head is typically large in 
proportion to the body, and arms are often shown raised with the 
hands on the cheeks or chin (pl. 19, h, i; figs. 32-33). Zoomorphic 
forms include froglike (fig. 34, a, d@), reptilian, and unidentified 
creatures (figs. 34, e, f, 35-86; pl. 20, i, 7) and various kinds of 
birds (fig. 37), some of which are modeled in a semisquatting posi- 
tion (fig. 37, a, e). This type of adorno appears to occur princi- 
pally on the upper body wall, between the rim and maximum 
diameter, on vessel shape 4. 
5. Conical nubbins. Plain nubbins measuring 6-12 mm. high and 
10-15 mm. in diameter at the base, sometimes with a punctate 
in the middle. An incised line occasionally surrounds the base of 
the nubbin. 
TEMPORAL DIFFERENCES WITHIN THE TYPE: 
Vessel shapes 1, 2, and 4 appear to be restricted to the middle and upper 
part of the Mabaruma Phase sequence, although this may be the result of 
the small rim sample from the earlier levels. Form 3 is limited to the 
lower part of the sequence (Appendix, table 4). 
Design motifs that show a distinct temporal difference are adornos: 
Barrancoid adornos are restricted to the lower and middle part of the 
sequence, while the non-Barrancoid adornos and conical nubbins occur 
only in the middle to upper part (Appendix, table 5). 
CHRONOLOGICAL POSITION OF THE TYPE: Present throughout the Phase, reaching 
its maximum frequency in the upper part of the seriated sequence (fig. 48). 
ARUKA INCISED 
Paste: The incised decoration is found on the paste of whatever plain pottery 
type is common in the Mabaruma Phase at the time of manufacture, with no 
apparent preference. Thus at sites belonging to the early part of the sequence 
