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A STUDY OF CHIRIQUIAN ANTIQUITIES. 



and tail are treated in a different manner. The wings are fused into the tail and 

 are only slightly in relief, being indicated in a large measure by means of paint. 



The chief delineating 

 color here, as also on 

 head and legs, is black ; 

 the red is used for mas- 

 ses (on feet, ear-tufts 

 and beak) and for fill- 

 ing in. The scale- 

 group motive is freely 

 employed on head and 

 neck, wings and tail. 

 The ear-tufts suggest 

 the owl, but the beak 

 and the short square 

 tail are more like those 

 of the parrot. When 

 compared with the 

 head ornaments of 

 gold and stone images 

 of the parrot, these ear- 

 tufts are straightway 

 clothed with new signif- 

 icance the explanation 

 of which is suggested 

 on page 221. Among 

 the whistles in the shape 

 of birds, a majority rep- 

 resent the parrot, rarely 

 however with ear-tufts. 

 It is probable that the 

 bird forms with remo- 

 vable heads also rep- 

 resent the parrot. The 

 separation of the lower 

 mandible from the up- 

 per is generally in- 

 dicated by a slit. The 

 eyes are in rather low 

 relief, outlined in black 

 paint. The neck near 

 its base is perforated 

 transversely (see fig. 

 2496). There are al- 



Fig. 249 ; a. — Elaborate bird form with removable head and ornamented with „_ + wo corresnondincr 

 dorsal-view motives. Alligator ware, 'h ; b. — Diagram showing mode of ■ f S 



stringing neck and body for suspension. holes in the top of the 



