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Holmes speaks of the group as being a variety of ware standing " so entirely 

 alone that had it arrived unlabeled no one would have recognized its affinities 

 with Chiriquian art." The group does possess a number of distinct characters. 

 On the other hand, the affinity of certain pieces with specimens of the maroon 

 group was so marked that great difficulty was experienced in classifying the 

 specimens in question. The piece shown in figure 164, for example, resembles 

 very closely one of the maroon vases (see fig. 170). Both are from the same 

 locality, Caldera, and are alike in shape and size. Even the handles are of the 



Fig. 165. — Tripod bowl with handles and supports resembling head, wings and 

 tail of a bird (or man) ; from Caldera. Scarified ware. V 2 



same type, except that in one case they stop short of making a complete loop, 

 and end in a crude pattern suggesting the ornament found on the loop handles 

 of the other at relatively the same zone. The ornament in both instances is 

 intended to convey the same idea, that is still better expressed in figure 165. 

 Here the handles, three in number, are probably intended to represent a bird 

 perched on the shoulder of the vessel. Each is directly over one of the three 

 feet. These suggest more than anything else 

 the spreading tail of a bird and are provided 

 with an incised band at the tip. It would seem 

 as if a section of the bird had disappeared in 

 the body of the vessel that spans the distance 

 between shoulder ornament and foot. This 

 specimen is from Caldera also. 



It will be seen from figure 164 that scarifica- 

 tions are not always present. Another example 

 without scarification is given in figure 166, which 

 is heart-shaped in horizontal section, the form 

 being produced by a vertical indentation on one 

 side. 



Another example of shoulder ornament and tripod leg being made to represent 



the upper and lower extremities, respectively, of one and the same creature is 



seen in figure 167, where the human form is treated rather fantastically. Mouth, 



eyes and long hair are indicated. The hands rest on the chin. The section 



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Fig. 166. — Non-scarified tripod, heart-shaped 

 in horizontal section. Scarified ware. */» 



