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  SOUTH 
  AMERICAN 
  INDIANS 
  

  

  [B. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Bull. 
  143 
  

  

  These 
  cords 
  were 
  used 
  to 
  fasten 
  the 
  loads 
  carried 
  by 
  the 
  llamas, 
  to 
  

   tie 
  funeral 
  bundles, 
  and 
  to 
  make 
  halters. 
  

  

  Ceramics. 
  — 
  Pottery 
  specimens 
  are 
  much 
  more 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  

   Quebrada 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  Puna. 
  They 
  generally 
  are 
  reddish 
  in 
  color, 
  

   sometimes 
  grayish 
  black, 
  and 
  were 
  made 
  with 
  the 
  coil 
  technique. 
  Two 
  

   types 
  are: 
  (1) 
  coarse, 
  heavy 
  jars 
  with 
  thick, 
  friable 
  walls; 
  (2) 
  thin- 
  

   walled, 
  well-polished, 
  beautifully 
  decorated 
  specimens, 
  the 
  finest 
  ex- 
  

   amples 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  from 
  Humahuaca. 
  Although 
  globular 
  shapes 
  pre- 
  

   vail, 
  some 
  vessels 
  are 
  zoomorphic 
  or 
  anthropomorphic 
  (fig. 
  52). 
  

  

  Figure 
  52. 
  — 
  Humahuaca 
  modeled 
  pottery. 
  Zoomorphic 
  and 
  anthropomorphic 
  

   forms. 
  (One-fifth 
  actual 
  size.) 
  (Courtesy 
  the 
  Museo 
  Argentine 
  de 
  Ciencias 
  

   Naturales 
  and 
  the 
  Museo 
  Etnografico 
  de 
  la 
  Facultad 
  de 
  Filosoffa 
  y 
  Letras, 
  

   Buenos 
  Aires.) 
  

  

  Decoration 
  consists 
  of 
  various 
  geometrical 
  designs 
  painted 
  in 
  black 
  

   (fig. 
  53) 
  and, 
  rarely, 
  black 
  and 
  white, 
  on 
  a 
  red 
  background. 
  A 
  few 
  

   pots 
  have 
  incised 
  decoration. 
  There 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  pots 
  of 
  superior 
  qual- 
  

   ity, 
  which 
  probably 
  came 
  from 
  neighboring 
  regions, 
  especially 
  from 
  

   Perti 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  Northwestern 
  Argentina. 
  

  

  Gourds. 
  — 
  Gourds 
  are 
  frequently 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  Puna 
  but 
  less 
  often 
  

   in 
  the 
  Quebrada. 
  Cut 
  in 
  half, 
  these 
  served 
  as 
  jars, 
  plates, 
  and 
  ladles. 
  

   Some, 
  which 
  had 
  only 
  a 
  small 
  opening, 
  were 
  containers 
  for 
  ground 
  chile, 
  

  

  