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A STUDY OF CHIRIQUIAN ANTIQUITIES. 



head eyes on each support. Practically all of them come from one locality, 

 Divala. In some of these, the flattened node is dispensed with and a straight 

 incision made in the shallow socket. This leads to a new phase of the sculptor's 



art, where the effect of 

 relief is produced by 

 shadows only, as wit- 

 ness the spacious empty 

 sockets in figure 69. The 

 deeper shadow of a little 

 hole sunk in each may 

 represent the pupil. An- 

 other way of represent- 

 ing the eyeballs by means 

 of shadow is shown in 

 figure 70. The horizontal 

 incisions on each sup- 

 port are probably in- 

 tended to imitate the 

 carapace of the arma- 

 dillo. 

 The fish which, as will be seen, is such an important factor in the so-called 

 tripod group, is seldom reproduced in the armadillo ware. An example is shown 

 in figure 71, which illustrates a pair of pectoral and ventral fins, respectively, and 

 two dorsal fins, serving to transform a plain solid support into the body of a fish. 



Fig. 68. — Vessel of zoomorphic type, with four legs. 

 Armadillo ware. V' 



Fig. 69. — Tripod bowl showing sculptors use of shadows in 

 modeling the eye. Armadillo ware. V» 



Fig. 70. — Tripod bowl exhibiting further 

 use of shadows in modeling the eye. 

 Armadillo ware. V a 



The foregoing tripods all belong to what Holmes 1 calls the terra cotta or biscuit 

 group of ware. This group also comprises vases, bowls and cups. The characteristic 

 types of tripod are well rendered in the preceding illustrations, the ornaments 

 being confined chiefly to the supports. Among the vases, on the other hand, the 



1 W. H. Holmes. Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui. Sixth aim. rept, Bur. Amer. 

 ethnol., 67, 1884-85. 



