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A STUDY OF CHIRIQUIAN ANTIQUITIES. 



illustrated in figure 62, which suggests man or the ape. Something similar is 

 seen in an example from Bugavita (fig. 63). The long arms are those of the 

 monkey, but where the head should be there squats a little round-bodied animal 

 with long tail. 



But in all probability the first efforts to convert the ordinary tripod leg into an 

 animal form were much more realistic in their results. Take, for example, figure 64 



Fig. 62. — Tripod with zoomorphic supports. 

 Armadillo ware. l h 



Fig- 63. — Tripod bowl ; from Bugavita. 

 Armadillo ware. V 3 



(also from Bugavita). A few nodes and fillets, plain and incised, added to the 

 usual type of support bring out the form of a frog, complete in every detail. 

 Somewhat similar and equally good results are produced by the same means in 



Fig. 64. — Tripod with froglike supports ; 

 from Bugavita. Armadillo ware. V 3 



Fig. 65. — Tripod of classic form, with 

 froglike supports, and rim ornamented 

 with armadillos. Armadillo ware. 1 h 



figure 65. The bowl of the latter is classic in form. The rim is ornamented with 

 two armadillos. The frog is a favorite shoulder ornament on vases of the biscuit 

 or armadillo group. 



As the plain leg became more and more disguised by the application of nodes 

 and fillets, its identity seems to have been lost sight of, as seen in Plate VII, 

 where it is a caricature of the human form. In figures a, d and e, there is very 

 little alteration of the plain tripod support. A bifurcation is only hinted at in 



