Plate XI 



Series of vases in which the entire armadillo is employed as a shoulder decoration. 

 Armadillo ware. Page 61. 



Figure a. — Vase, the armadillo serving as shoulder ornaments, all three divisions 



of the carapace being represented. Va 

 Figure b. — Small vase in which the armadillo is placed lower on the shoulder and 



in a burrowing attitude; from Escaria. x /a 

 Figure c. — Vase showing the characteristic burrowing attitude of the armadillo. V2 

 Figure d. — Upper portion of vase showing that the armadillo foot and the incised 



nodes on the neck of the vase are identical. V2 

 Figure e. — Vase in which the shoulder ornaments represent the armadillo with 



characteristic incised tail. V2 

 Figure /. — Vase with the. armadillo as shoulder ornaments and with the tail motive 



as a neck ornament. Va 



