THE LOST COLOR GROUP. 



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The black paint has entirely disappeared from the vase represented in figure 202. 

 The orifice, rim, and bottom are red and the shoulder zone, light. The relief 

 ornament consists of a birdlike head, opposite which is a horizontally applied loop 

 handle taking the place of a tail. A small vessel from Divala, 25 miles west- 

 northwest of David, is shown in figure 203. A single vertical handle connecting 

 rim and shoulder on one side is balanced on the other by a figure in relief, with 

 human body and a beak of a bird, presumably the parrot-god so well represented 

 among the gold figurines (see figs. 369, 373). 



The group includes a number of small double vessels with single arched handle 

 connecting the inner margins of two lips. One of these from El Banco, is shown 



Fig. 202. — Vase ornamented with bird's head and 

 tail in relief, the latter resembling a horizontal 

 loop handle. Lost color ware. */i 



Fig. 203. — Vase with vertical handle, opposite which 

 is a figure with human body and the beak of a 

 bird, presumably the parrot-god ; from Divala. 

 Lost color ware. 'I' 



Fig. 204. — Small double vessel with single arched 

 handle : from El Banco. Lost color ware. '/» 



Fig. 205. — Double vessel with two outer handles 

 and a single short arched central handle. Lost 

 color ware. 2 /a 



in figure 204. The original ground is light cream. No traces of black paint 

 remain. The outer surface is blackened by smoke. The crest of the arched 

 handle is marked by a fillet. There is no communication between the interior 

 of one bowl and that of the other. 



The double vessel reproduced in figure 205 differs in detail from the preceding. 

 The original ground is of a rich salmon color. Each of the two vessels has a 

 vertical handle connecting the outer margin of the lip with the shoulder. A single 

 short arched handle connects the adjacent margins of the lips. This handle in 

 common is strengthened by a vertical prop. The two bowls are placed close 

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