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Red film: A small number of'sherds of Kanuku Plain and Rupununi Plain 
have a deep reddish film on one surface that appears to be a conscious 
addition rather than an effect of exposure or firing. The majority are 
red on the exterior. The only rims are two of Form 1 from R-5. 
TRADE POTTERY 
Taruma Phase types: R-40 produced sherds of two Taruma Phase decorated 
types, both distinctive and unquestionably of Taruma Phase origin. Kanashen 
Incised is represented by 2 rim sherds, one with zoned parallel lines and the 
other with crosshatch (pl. 41, j). Four other sherds are from a single Onoro 
Stamped vessel (pl. 46, d, h). Detailed pottery type descriptions are given 
under the Taruma Phase (see pp. 216-217, 225-227). 
Koriabo Phase types: Several sherds represent pottery types of the Koriabo 
Phase. They include one modeled sherd with incisions of Koriabo Incised 
(pl. 36, i) from R-40, and four excellent examples of Koriabo Seraped (pl. 36, 
f-h) from the same site. Detailed pottery type descriptions can be found under 
the Koriabo Phase (see pp. 132-133, 136-187). 
PoTrrery ARTIFACTS 
Two types of artifacts made from pottery are found in the 
Rupununi Phase: objects of primary manufacture and reused sherds. 
Neither is abundant. 
Pot rests.—Three fragments belonging to the same pot rest came 
from R-8. The poorly mixed clay with abundant, large, granitic- 
sand temper and orange-tan color, as well as the base diameter of 
12 cm. and the somewhat cylindrical form, are reminiscent of pot 
rests from the Taruma Phase (pp. 230-233). 
Figurines (fig. 123).—A fragment from R-6 appears to be the 
front part of a crudely modeled foot of the sort found on anthropo- 
morphic figurines from the Amazon area (fig. 123, e). The pottery 
typeis Rupununi Plain. Six toes of unequal width are indicated along 
the front edge by gashes 2 to 3 mm. wide and 4 to 5 mm. deep. The 
bottom of the “foot” is flat, the upper surface slopes upward toward 
the back. It is broken 4.8 cm. from the tip. Height at the toes is 1.5 
cm., at the broken edge 3.4 cm. 
Three cylindrical legs came from R-40 (fig. 123, c,d). Two, both 
Kanuku Plain, have the foot attached. The third is Rupununi Plain. 
The foot is a slight forward expansion on which four grooves have 
been drawn to represent toes. All the legs have an anklelike protru- 
sion on the right side just above the foot, and the most complete 
fragment has a similar protrusion farther up on the back of the leg. 
Existing height of the latter specimen is 6.2cm. Diameter is slightly 
greater from front to back than from side to side. Two have dimen- 
sions of 2.1 by 1.9 cm. and 2.0 by 1.6 cm. These feet are quite differ- 
