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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY — PUBLICATION NO. 9 



be enclosed within white lines or they may stand 

 out free of enclosed lines. A good specimen of 

 qiiiitrefoil design is seen on the pitcher (pi. 19, a). 

 In this sample the body of the pitcher is decorated 

 with small enclosed quatrefoils with larger, free 

 qiiatrefoils alternating below. A simpler form of 

 quatrefoil design is seen in plate Ifi, a, where 

 double white lines enclose the foliage patterns, or 

 again in plate 15, c, d, where the foliage pattern 

 is enclosed between curved double lines. A simple 

 trefoil design is shown on both sides of the sjjouts 

 of the jug in plate 15, a, or. again, below the head 

 on the birdlike jug in plate 1(>, h. A curvilinear 

 leaf design is represented on the body of the jar 

 in plate 1(>, d. 



A good exanij)le of a simple curvilinear design is 

 seen on the body of the jug (pi. 20, b). These 

 curvilinear designs reach great complexity on skin 

 work and as face and body paintings. 



On the body of the bird-shaped jug (pi. 16, c) 

 we have opposed volutes separated by a trefoil. 

 This design appears again in an abbreviated form 

 on the collar of the jar in plate 18, b. Scroll de- 

 signs appear at their best on flat surfaces, as, for 

 instance, on skin work (pi. 21, b) or on the arms 

 and chests of people. 



Triangular figures occur in many forms. Sim- 

 ple opposed triangles in black area are seen on 

 the neck of the jar in plate IS, a. Triangles en- 

 closing four-sided figures are represented on the 

 neck of the jar in plate 18, b. Opposing triangles 

 enclosing lesser triangles are sometimes stepped 

 as in plate 21, b, and on the neck of the jar in 

 plate If), d. 



Diamond-shajied and rectangidar figures occur 

 as simple designs or as borders enclosing more 

 complicated patterns. On the first quarter of the 

 skin in plate 21, a. we .see triple-lined diamonds 

 enclosing quatrefoils, the inner corners of the 

 diamonds being set off by semicircles. The neck 

 of the jug in jilate 20, a, is enclosed by a diamond, 

 the corners of which are set off by triangles. 



Ovals either joined by V-shaped lines (pi. 20, c) 

 or enclosed in rectangidar spaces (pi. 17, c) occur 

 particularly on pottery vessels. 



Designs showing bird and fishlike figures in 

 black are common on the shoulders of jugs (pi. 

 1!). ^). 



Different types of frets are shown on the right 

 half of the skin in plate 21, b, on the cup in plate 

 17. a, and on the outside of the bowl in plate 

 17,<'. 



