XII A STUDY OF CHIRIQUIAN ANTIQUITIES. 



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Figure 1 10.— Example of anthropomorphic handle decoration. Armadillo ware. 3 '' . 70 



Figure 1 1 1.— Cup with grotesque human figure serving as handle. Armadillo ware. 3 '' 70 



Figure 112.— Another treatment of the same motive, the nose being developed into 



a proboscis. Armadillo ware. '/♦ ........ 70 



Figure 113.— Cup with handle decoration suggesting the human form with nose 



developed into a proboscis. Armadillo ware. '/• . . . . .70 



Figure 114.— Cup with human effigy for handle. Armadillo ware. '/• . . . 71 



Figure 115.— Cup with froglike figure serving as handle. Armadillo ware. */« . 71 



Figure 116; a.— Vase decorated with parallel zigzag incised lines. V»; b.— Detail of in- 

 cised pattern decorating the bottom of the vase shown in figure a. Serpent 

 ware. '/• .......... . 72 



Figure 117.— Small vase with shoulder decoration consisting of a triangular treatment 



of the serpent motive. Serpent ware. 3 '» . . . . . .73 



Figure 118.— Tripod bowl with supports representing a fish; from Divala. Serpent ware. ' k 73 



Figure 119.— Vase bearing life symbols on handles and incised X-shaped ornamen- 

 tations on shoulder. Unpainted handled ware. V» . . . ■ .74 



Figure 120.— Vase with horizontally placed handles representing animal forms. Un- 

 painted handled ware. '' ] ........ 74 



Figure 121. — Vase with carapace symbol ornamenting base of handles. Painted 



handled ware. J '« . . . . . . . . • .77 



Figure 122. — Vase whose handle decorations represent either fin or carapace motives. 



Painted handled ware. 2 ' s . . . . . . . .77 



Figure 123. — Vase with same life form on handles as in preceding example ; from Jacu. 



Painted handled ware. 'I' . . . . ... • .78 



Figure 124. — Vase with carapace symbol decorating the handles. Painted handled ware. '' s 78 



Figure 125. — Vase with twisted handles composed of two strands ; from Divala. Painted 



handled ware. ""I s . . . . . . . • .78 



Figure 126.— Detail of shoulder ornamentation on vase shown in Plate XXI, figure h. 



Painted handled ware. l '» ........ 78 



Figure 127. — Vase with life forms, probably human, serving as handles. Painted 



handled ware. '/» . . . . . . . . .78 



Figure 128. — Vase with single handle spanning the aperture. Painted handled ware. '' s 79 



Figure 129. — Vase with grotesque forms serving as handles; from Caldera. Painted 



handled ware. '/« . . . . . . . . . .79 



Figure 130. — Vase with plastic decoration suggesting the carapace motive; from Divala. 



Painted handled ware. J ' s ........ 79 



Figure 131. — Vase with well-developed collar but without handles ; from Vivala. Painted 



handled ware. '/< . . . . . . . . . .80 



Figure 132. — Vase without handles. Painted handled ware. '/« . . . .80 



Figure 133.— Tripod with long solid supports and with fillets applied obliquely to the 



handles; from Bugavita. Fish ware. ''= ...... 81 



Figure 134.— Tripod with twisted handles and with supports resembling the body of 



a fish. Fish ware. '/» . . . . . . . .81 



Figure 135. — Tripod, the legs of which are realistic representations of the fish. The 



half-human monsters serving as handles may represent the Jaguar-god. Fish ware. '' ! 82 



Figure 136. — Tripod with plain handles and fishlike supports. Fish ware. '/« . 82 



Figure 137.— Tripod with twisted handles and supports in which the anal tins are 



present. Fish ware. '/»... . . . . . . .83 



Figure 138. — Tripod in which the dorsal fin appears as a lump on the nose of the fish. 



Fish ware. V» .......... 83 



