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The number of arched panels is reduced to two in figure 229, reproducing a 

 vase from Divala. The three divisions of each panel are ornamented with spine- 

 and scale-symbols. One of the two characteristic types of dorsal-view motives 

 is seen in the two panel decorations on the shoulder of a double-necked vase 

 from Bugavita (fig. 230); the other type is the design on the shoulder zone 

 in figure 231, which alternates with quadrangular panels in red. The decorative 



Fig. 231. — Vase in which the dorsal-view motive 

 alternates with quadrangular panels. Alligator 

 ware. */• 



Fig. 232. — Vase with alligator motives On lip and 

 shoulder. Alligator ware. 'I> 



Fig. 233. — Vase in which the alligator motives are 

 obscure. Alligator ware. 2 I* 



Fig. 234. — Vase with obscure alligator motives 

 lip and shoulder. Alligator ware. 2 '' 



motives running through a series of small vases (figs. 232-236) consist of the 

 diagrammatic use of the elements of these two types, as well as the profile view 

 of the body-line, either compound (fig. 235) or simple (fig. 236). The latter motive 

 is often repeated three times on the lip (figs. 232, 235, 236). 



There is a series of vases belonging to the alligator ware in which the decora- 

 tion consists of four rosettes painted on the shoulder and unaccompanied by arched 



