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  SOUTH 
  AMERICAN 
  INDIANS 
  [B. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Bull. 
  143 
  

  

  nished 
  with 
  a 
  smoothing 
  implement, 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  red 
  vessels 
  were 
  

   apparently 
  coated 
  with 
  a 
  film 
  which 
  upon 
  firing 
  resulted 
  in 
  a 
  surface 
  

   finish 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  transitional 
  Cupisnique 
  or 
  Cupisnique- 
  

   Salinar 
  pottery. 
  

  

  Molds 
  were 
  used 
  in 
  manufacture, 
  and 
  handles 
  and 
  spouts 
  were 
  at- 
  

   tached 
  to 
  the 
  vessels 
  later. 
  

  

  Bottle 
  forms 
  are 
  the 
  most 
  common, 
  although 
  there 
  are 
  others. 
  

   The 
  principal 
  shapes 
  and 
  their 
  variations 
  are 
  given 
  below: 
  

  

  I. 
  Stirrup-mouthed 
  vessels. 
  

  

  A. 
  Human 
  representations. 
  

  

  B. 
  Zoomorphic 
  representations 
  upon 
  truncated-conical 
  or 
  semi- 
  

  

  globular 
  forms. 
  

  

  C. 
  Globular 
  pitchers, 
  truncated-conical 
  or 
  conical. 
  

  

  D. 
  Stirrup-mouthed 
  vessels 
  with 
  triple 
  conduits. 
  

  

  II. 
  Bottle-shaped 
  jars 
  with 
  cylindrical 
  spouts 
  and 
  flat, 
  semicircular 
  handles. 
  

  

  A. 
  Anthropomorphic, 
  entire 
  body. 
  

  

  B. 
  Zoomorphic, 
  entire 
  body 
  and 
  animal-head 
  representations. 
  

  

  C. 
  Globular 
  forms. 
  

  

  D. 
  Globular 
  forms, 
  elongated. 
  

  

  E. 
  Truncated-conical, 
  double 
  truncated-conical, 
  and 
  conical 
  forms. 
  

   III. 
  Jars 
  with 
  spout 
  and 
  bridge 
  handle, 
  with 
  a 
  sculptured 
  figure, 
  upon 
  globular 
  

  

  or 
  truncated-conical 
  pitchers. 
  (In 
  this 
  type 
  appear 
  the 
  same 
  variations 
  

   as 
  listed 
  for 
  the 
  two 
  types 
  above.) 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  bottle 
  forms 
  there 
  are 
  some 
  with 
  a 
  short, 
  broad 
  spout 
  

   which 
  may 
  be 
  classified 
  as 
  "porongos." 
  They 
  have 
  a 
  globular 
  or 
  

   truncated-conical 
  form 
  and 
  cylindrical, 
  semicircular 
  handles. 
  There 
  

   are 
  also 
  little 
  or 
  miniature 
  globular 
  ollas, 
  truncated-conical 
  vessels, 
  

   and 
  some 
  with 
  human 
  heads 
  and 
  forms. 
  

  

  Surface 
  decoration 
  of 
  the 
  pottery 
  was 
  by 
  both 
  incising 
  and 
  paint- 
  

   ing. 
  The 
  Salinar 
  potter 
  effected 
  the 
  incising 
  while 
  the 
  clay 
  was 
  wet 
  

   and 
  soft. 
  The 
  old 
  feline 
  motifs, 
  so 
  prominent 
  in 
  Cupisnique, 
  have 
  

   disappeared 
  in 
  Salinar 
  decoration. 
  The 
  geometric 
  motifs, 
  however, 
  

   continue, 
  and 
  are 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  developed 
  and 
  perfected 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  

   earlier 
  period. 
  Incisions 
  are 
  used 
  to 
  aid 
  in 
  anthropomorphic 
  and 
  

   zoomorphic 
  delineations 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  roughening 
  of 
  the 
  vessel 
  surface, 
  and 
  

   the 
  addition 
  of 
  small 
  nodes 
  or 
  protuberances 
  are 
  additional 
  tech- 
  

   niques 
  of 
  nonpainted 
  decoration. 
  

  

  Both 
  red 
  and 
  white 
  pigments 
  were 
  used 
  to 
  decorate 
  the 
  Salinar 
  pot- 
  

   tery, 
  and 
  were 
  applied 
  after 
  partial 
  dehydration 
  and 
  before 
  firing. 
  

   As 
  noted 
  above, 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  vessels 
  do 
  not 
  have 
  a 
  slip 
  or 
  a 
  base. 
  The 
  

   paint, 
  usually 
  white, 
  was 
  applied 
  with 
  a 
  thick 
  brush. 
  The 
  same 
  geo- 
  

   metric 
  and 
  other 
  simple 
  designs 
  executed 
  in 
  incising 
  were 
  also 
  made 
  

   with 
  paint. 
  The 
  stepped 
  symbol, 
  loops, 
  stars, 
  wavy 
  lines, 
  parallel 
  

   arched 
  lines, 
  and 
  volutes 
  constituted 
  the 
  principal 
  motifs 
  of 
  the 
  Sali- 
  

   nar 
  artist. 
  Paint 
  was 
  frequently 
  used 
  to 
  bring 
  out 
  details 
  of 
  model- 
  

   ing 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  to 
  draw 
  independent 
  designs. 
  It 
  is 
  interesting 
  to 
  note 
  

   that 
  in 
  this 
  period 
  are, 
  seemingly, 
  the 
  beginnings 
  of 
  the 
  ceramic 
  paint- 
  

  

  