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  SOUTH 
  AMERICAN 
  INDIANS 
  

  

  [B. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Bull. 
  143 
  

  

  became 
  a 
  general 
  name 
  for 
  pottery 
  in 
  Quechua, 
  much 
  as 
  "china" 
  is 
  

   used 
  in 
  English. 
  Quechua 
  has 
  a 
  wide 
  variety 
  of 
  terms 
  for 
  pottery 
  

   shapes. 
  

  

  Certain 
  peculiar 
  features 
  of 
  Inca 
  vessels 
  deserve 
  special 
  notice. 
  

   Annular 
  bases 
  were 
  unknown 
  in 
  the 
  Cuzco 
  region 
  before 
  the 
  Spanish 
  

   Conquest, 
  but 
  cooking 
  pots 
  had 
  a 
  stem 
  and 
  foot, 
  like 
  a 
  goblet, 
  or 
  else 
  

   three 
  solid 
  cylindrical 
  feet 
  (pi. 
  77, 
  /). 
  Flat 
  or 
  concave 
  covers 
  with 
  

   loop 
  handles 
  were 
  also 
  used. 
  Rims 
  were 
  usually 
  flaring 
  or 
  else 
  a 
  flat 
  

   lip 
  was 
  added, 
  but 
  thickening 
  was 
  not 
  used. 
  Modeled 
  ornament 
  

   includes 
  puma-head 
  knobs 
  on 
  liquid 
  jars, 
  plate 
  handles 
  in 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  

   bird 
  heads, 
  eyes 
  and 
  noses 
  added 
  to 
  jar 
  necks, 
  and 
  simple 
  modeled 
  

  

  Figure 
  28. 
  — 
  Late 
  Inca 
  polychrome 
  bowl. 
  

  

  pi. 
  76.) 
  

  

  (Redrawn 
  from 
  Bandelier, 
  1910, 
  

  

  snakes 
  or 
  buttons 
  on 
  cooking 
  pots. 
  Other 
  forms 
  are 
  very 
  rare. 
  In- 
  

   cised 
  and 
  stamped 
  decoration 
  was 
  not 
  ordinarily 
  used. 
  Braziers 
  

   and 
  small 
  stoves 
  were 
  made 
  out 
  of 
  pottery 
  (pi. 
  77, 
  g). 
  (See 
  Bing- 
  

   ham, 
  1915 
  b, 
  p. 
  206; 
  1930, 
  figs. 
  125-126.) 
  Pottery 
  was 
  also 
  used 
  for 
  

   dice 
  (Bingham, 
  1915, 
  p. 
  176; 
  1930, 
  fig. 
  172, 
  b-h), 
  spindle 
  whorls 
  (Bing- 
  

   ham, 
  1915 
  b, 
  p. 
  208; 
  1930, 
  figs. 
  182-183), 
  and 
  ladles 
  (Pardo, 
  1939, 
  pi. 
  

   2, 
  g, 
  h, 
  i). 
  

  

  Settlers 
  from 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  Empire 
  came 
  to 
  Cuzco 
  after 
  it 
  was 
  

   rebuilt 
  by 
  Pachacuti, 
  and 
  brought 
  their 
  own 
  local 
  pottery. 
  North 
  

   Coast 
  (Late 
  Chimu 
  black 
  ware), 
  South 
  Coast 
  (lea 
  style 
  black 
  ware), 
  

   and 
  Colla 
  and 
  Lupaca 
  Provinces 
  (Chucuito 
  polychrome 
  and 
  Sillus- 
  

   tani 
  polychrome) 
  wares 
  have 
  been 
  identified 
  in 
  excavations 
  in 
  Cuzco. 
  

   Many 
  other 
  pieces 
  will 
  probably 
  turn 
  out 
  to 
  be 
  styles 
  of 
  distant 
  

   origin 
  when 
  more 
  is 
  known. 
  

  

  Woodworking. 
  — 
  The 
  Inca 
  made 
  wooden 
  cups, 
  spoons, 
  and 
  stools, 
  

   and 
  used 
  wood 
  in 
  roofing 
  houses, 
  making 
  looms, 
  and 
  building 
  litters. 
  

  

  