THE TRIPOD OR FISH GROUP. 



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orifice is proportionately greater than in the handled ware, with a diameter but 

 slightly smaller than the greatest inside diameter of the bowl, the latter usually 

 being quite shallow. 



While in the handled group the in- 

 terior of the bowl is never painted, in 

 the tripod ware this portion is more often 

 painted than any other part, which is 

 explained by the fact that the relatively 

 large mouth opening and shallow bowl 

 render the interior visible at all points. 

 Many of the tripods are not painted at 

 all. These may be said to have their 

 counterpart in the unpainted variety of 

 the handled group. On consulting the 

 illustrations, it will be seen that the most 

 satisfactory and elaborately wrought tri- 

 pods are among those that are not painted. 



Twisted vertically-placed handles are 

 the rule among the tripods. Only two 

 examples of the twisted handle were to 

 be found in the handled group. On the 

 contrary, there are very few tripod handles 

 wrought into realistic animal forms, a 

 style of handle very common indeed in 

 the handled group. In the latter ware, 

 neck ornaments are rare. Among the 

 tripods, especially those unpainted, the 

 neck is almost always decorated with 

 fillets or incised patterns, the usual orna- 

 mentation being two long incised fillets, 

 each reaching half-way around the neck. 

 The ends of these fillets do not touch, 

 leaving a blank space underneath each 

 handle. The handles were put on first, 

 then the fillets, and lastly the feet. 



The tripod supports are very different 

 from those of the armadillo ware. They 

 are much longer and, on account of their 

 length, are spreading, so as to prevent 

 the vessel from being easily overturned. Fig- 133.— Tripod with long solid supports and with 



r-p, , ,., -,-,. . no fillets applied obliquely to the handles. Fish ware. V 2 



The supports are rarely solid. Figure 133, Fig- I34 .l^ ripod with twisted handles and with sup- 

 therefore, represents an exception to the P orts resembling the body of a fish. Fish ware. V* 

 rule, not only in regard to the supports, 



but also in the shape of the rim. The fillets applied obliquely to the handles 

 are life motives, and form a link in the series that includes handles with horizon- 

 tally applied fillets on the one hand, and those that are obliquely incised or 

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