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

  

  two 
  simple, 
  horizontal 
  lugs 
  placed 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  or 
  somewhat 
  

   below 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  body. 
  1 
  

  

  The 
  decoration, 
  though 
  composed 
  of 
  few 
  elements, 
  has 
  extraor- 
  

   dinary 
  richness 
  resulting 
  from 
  the 
  possibilities 
  in 
  the 
  combination 
  

   of 
  the 
  motifs. 
  One 
  element 
  is 
  constant 
  in 
  all; 
  others 
  differ 
  from 
  one 
  

   vase 
  to 
  another. 
  The 
  constant 
  motif 
  is 
  an 
  extremely 
  convention- 
  

   alized 
  anthropomorphic 
  representation 
  which 
  is 
  characterized 
  by 
  a 
  

   double 
  superciliary 
  arch 
  in 
  relief, 
  the 
  internal 
  extremities 
  of 
  which 
  

   unite 
  and 
  extend 
  downward 
  to 
  form 
  the 
  nose. 
  The 
  eyes 
  are 
  round 
  

   or 
  oblique, 
  often 
  with 
  streaks 
  attached, 
  which 
  some 
  authors 
  think 
  to 
  

   be 
  tears 
  or 
  facial 
  decorations. 
  The 
  mouth, 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  shown 
  on 
  

   all 
  urns, 
  is 
  rectangular 
  or 
  square 
  and 
  reveals 
  the 
  teeth. 
  The 
  super- 
  

   ciliary 
  arches 
  are 
  the 
  only 
  elements 
  in 
  relief, 
  the 
  others 
  being 
  painted. 
  

   A 
  few 
  urns, 
  however, 
  bear 
  thin 
  arms 
  in 
  relief, 
  supporting 
  a 
  small 
  

   bowl 
  at 
  chest 
  level. 
  This 
  feature 
  contributes 
  to 
  the 
  attitude 
  of 
  "ex- 
  

   pectancy," 
  which 
  Ambrosetti 
  (1896-99), 
  Lafone-Quevedo 
  (1892), 
  

   and 
  Quiroga 
  (1898) 
  attributed 
  to 
  these 
  images. 
  These 
  authors 
  be- 
  

   lieved 
  the 
  images 
  begged 
  for 
  rain. 
  

  

  The 
  variable 
  elements 
  are 
  decorative 
  representations 
  of 
  men 
  and 
  

   animals 
  painted 
  on 
  the 
  neck 
  and 
  body. 
  Those 
  depicting 
  men 
  show 
  

   Chalchaqui 
  clothing 
  and 
  hairdress. 
  The 
  animals 
  include 
  convention- 
  

   alized 
  toads, 
  rheas 
  (suris), 
  and 
  snakes, 
  with 
  crosses 
  and 
  geometrical 
  

   figures 
  on 
  their 
  bodies. 
  Frets, 
  lozenges, 
  and 
  checkerboard 
  are 
  the 
  

   other 
  decorative 
  elements 
  of 
  the 
  so-called 
  "Santa 
  Maria 
  style." 
  

  

  Another 
  style 
  is 
  called 
  the 
  "Draconian 
  style" 
  by 
  Boman 
  and 
  Gres- 
  

   lebin 
  (1923) 
  . 
  It 
  consists 
  of 
  what 
  is 
  alleged 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  dragon, 
  but 
  actually 
  

   is 
  a 
  conventionalized 
  spotted 
  feline. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  body 
  of 
  fantastic 
  

   shape 
  and 
  big 
  claws 
  and 
  powerful 
  teeth. 
  Sometimes, 
  it 
  is 
  extremely 
  

   conventionalized 
  and 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  elements 
  are 
  used: 
  circles 
  and 
  ovals 
  

   represent 
  spots, 
  bands 
  or 
  lozenges 
  are 
  the 
  body, 
  a 
  sawlike 
  design 
  

   indicates 
  the 
  toothed 
  jaws, 
  and 
  hooks 
  represent 
  the 
  claws. 
  

  

  The 
  urns 
  of 
  Belen 
  (pi. 
  141, 
  d-f) 
  have 
  two 
  subtypes: 
  one, 
  with 
  a 
  

   neck, 
  body, 
  and 
  a 
  clearly 
  differentiated 
  base; 
  the 
  other, 
  with 
  these 
  

   elements 
  fused. 
  The 
  lugs 
  are 
  simple 
  and 
  horizontal, 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  Santa 
  

   Maria 
  urns. 
  The 
  gamut 
  of 
  the 
  ornamental 
  combinations 
  is, 
  however, 
  

   more 
  restricted, 
  totally 
  lacking 
  such 
  elements 
  as 
  the 
  rhea. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  

   greater 
  development 
  of 
  geometric 
  decoration. 
  Whereas 
  in 
  the 
  Santa 
  

   Maria 
  zone, 
  the 
  predominant 
  colors 
  are 
  black-on-yellow, 
  in 
  Belen 
  

   they 
  are 
  usually 
  black-on-red. 
  The 
  urns 
  of 
  the 
  San 
  Jose* 
  type 
  — 
  also 
  

   called 
  the 
  Andalguala 
  or 
  Veleroson 
  type 
  — 
  are 
  tripartite 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  

  

  i 
  Ambrosetti 
  (1897, 
  p. 
  58) 
  established 
  the 
  Amaicha 
  and 
  Pampa 
  Grande 
  subtypes 
  after 
  the 
  sites 
  where 
  

   he 
  found 
  them, 
  and 
  Bruch 
  (1911) 
  established 
  the 
  Fuerte 
  Quemado 
  subtype. 
  It 
  is 
  obvious 
  that 
  the 
  study 
  

   of 
  the 
  large 
  unpublished 
  collections, 
  such 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  Muniz 
  Barreto, 
  of 
  the 
  Museo 
  de 
  La 
  Plata, 
  will 
  permit 
  

   a 
  better 
  classification 
  than 
  that 
  proposed 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Bregante 
  in 
  her 
  thesis 
  in 
  1926. 
  Such 
  a 
  classification 
  

   should 
  be 
  based 
  on 
  the 
  shape 
  rather 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  decoration 
  of 
  the 
  urns, 
  as 
  is 
  demonstrated 
  by 
  Boman's 
  

   (1908, 
  1:311) 
  finds 
  in 
  the 
  Valley 
  of 
  Tinti 
  (Valley 
  of 
  Lerma). 
  

  

  