THE ARMADILLO GROUP. 



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or in combination one with another, producing patterns as pleasing to the eye as 

 they are original. In the figures here cited, the eye symbol is one of the com- 

 mon forms of representing the eye in Chiriquian art, viz., a flattened node with 

 annular indentations. Another type will be described on a subsequent page. 



Vases, are often supplied with 

 a raised zone or collar below 

 the neck, as has already been 

 pointed out. The collar is 

 usually adorned, but not al- 

 ways. When it is decorated 

 the neck proper is generally 

 plain. The collar ornament 

 always consists of incised lines 

 or indentations. These are 

 sometimes combined in such 

 a way as to produce effective patterns. Figures a and b of Plate XII show ex- 

 amples of collared vases, the latter being provided with an unusually large aperture. 

 In the Yale collection, there are several vases with two mouths. With two 

 exceptions, these belong to the armadillo ware. Three are reproduced in Plate XII. 

 In figure c, which represents an excellent example, a bridge connects the flange or 

 lip of one mouth with that of the other. Over this bridge two armadillos face each 

 other. The identity of the carapace with the carapace symbols that adorn both 

 necks is beyond question. Alternating with these symbols are eye ornaments, 

 after the fashion of the prevailing eye form in Chiriquian art. 



Fig. 92. — Neck of vase showing foot- and eye-symbols in alter- 

 nation. Armadillo ware. ! /» 



Fig. 93. — Vase, the single handle of which is 

 ornamented with carapace motives. Arma- 

 dillo ware. 2 / 3 



Fig. 94. — Vase with two undecorated handles. Ar- 

 madillo ware. '/» 



Sometimes the paired necks are perfectly plain. Occasionally they are set 

 rather far apart, as in figure d, or fused as in figure e. In the latter case, a 

 vertical partition wall in the plane of fusion divides the interior into two equal 

 parts, thus making a double vessel. 



