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Ficure 98.—Pottery spindle whorls of the Taruma Phase. 
with an existing height of 12 cm., and an upper end diameter of 16 
em. On this fragment, after incurving strongly, the sidewalls con- 
tinue straight downward with a diameter of 138 cm. The center of 
the top is broken out so that the existence of a central depression can- 
not be established. The edge of the sloping top is ornamented with 
fingertip impressions producing circular depressions and long grooves 
(fig. 97, a-b). A third very small fragment from E-3 seems to be 
part of a flat top. It is also decorated with finger-drawn grooves and 
dots. Diameter of the upper edge is 14 cm. 
The present-day Wai Wai Indians, who have replaced the Taruma 
Phase in the upper Essequibo area, utilize pot rests of similar size 
and form (pl. 50), judging from the fragmentary Taruma Phase 
examples. These are generally 15 to 16 cm. tall and occasionally 
