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Figure 139. — Tripod with gracefully modeled supports representing the fish. Fish ware. ''= 84 

 Figure 140. — Typical example of handled ware with legs, the latter exhibiting pec- 

 toral fins only. Fish ware. V» . . . . . . . .84 



Figure 141. — Tripod support, the only ornamentation being a single dorsal fin. Fish 



ware. V» .......... . 85 



Figure 142. — Tripod, in which the supports embody a fusion of the fish and the human 



form. Fish ware. V» ......... 87 



Figure 143. — Tripod, in which the supports combine the fish with the head and feet 



of the owl. Fish ware. V» ........ 87 



Figure 144. — Tripod, in which the legs combine characters of the fish with those of 



some carnivorous animal. Fish ware. 7» . . . . . .88 



Figure 145. — Ornate tripod with twisted handles representing animal forms. Fish ware. 'I' 

 Figure 146. — Tripod, in which the supports are modified to represent the human form 



Fish ware. V« ......... 



Figure 147. — Tripod with supports representing the human form. Fish ware. V» 



Figure 148. — Tripod support representing the human form. Fish ware. V» 



Figure 149. — Similar example from another tripod. Fish ware. '/» 



Figure 150. — Tripod support exhibiting similar technique ; but the head of the figure is 



scarcely human. Fish ware. '/> ...... 



Figure 151. — Tripod, the shallow bowl of which is decorated with crab- and fin-motives 



from El Banco. Fish ware. '' 2 . 

 Figure 152. — Vase with annular base; from El Banco. Fish ware. '/■ 

 Figure 153.— Tripod with elongated shallow bowl, and handles suggesting life forms 



from Bugavita. Fish ware. 'I' . 

 Figure 154. —Another tripod similar in type, unpainted ; from Bugavita. Fish ware. 'I 

 Figure 155.— Tripod embodying animal forms in the supports; from Caldera. Probably 



of Costa Rican origin. 'I' ........ 92 



Figure 156. — Tripod with short looplike supports; from El Banco. Red line ware. '/> 93 



Figure 157. — Bowl with low annular base ; from Gualaca. Red line ware. '/» 



Figure 158.— Bowl with perforated annular base. Red line ware. V» 



Figure 159. — Shallow bowl with perforated annular bell-shaped base ; from El Banco 



Red line ware. '/> ........ 



Figure 160.— Globular vase. Red line ware. '/»..... 



Figure 161.— Tripod vase with incised shoulder and short hollow supports supplied with 



pellets but not slit; from Divala. Chocolate incised ware. '/» . . .95 



Figure 162. — Tripod with incised panels on shoulder and short supports representing 



animal heads; from Divala. Chocolate incised ware. V" ... 96 



Figure 163.— Very small tripod with unbroken incised pattern around shoulder, and 



short solid supports. Chocolate incised ware. ''« .. . . . . 96 



Figure 164. — Non-scarified vase with handles crudely representing animal forms; from 



Caldera. Scarified ware. '/• ' . . . . . . . .96 



Figure 165. — Tripod bowl with handles and supports resembling head, wings and tail 



of a bird ; from Caldera. Scarified ware. */• . • 97 



Figure 166. — Non-scarified tripod, heart-shaped in horizontal section. Scarified 



ware. V> ........... 97 



Figure 167. — Tripod in which shoulder ornaments and supports represent the head and 



arms, and the legs respectively of the human figure ; from El Banco. 



Scarified ware. '/» • . . . . . . . .98 



Figure 168. — Open-mouthed bowl with three short supports placed close together. 



Scarified ware. '/» ......... 98 



