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

  

  having 
  some 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  animal, 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  spiral, 
  which 
  

   possibly 
  represents 
  the 
  animaPs 
  tail 
  or 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  some 
  other 
  

   symbol, 
  such 
  as 
  a 
  spider 
  web. 
  There 
  are 
  other 
  unidentifiable 
  frag- 
  

   ments 
  of 
  painting. 
  The 
  paint 
  is 
  black, 
  probably 
  mineral 
  pigment. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Pinon 
  Mountain, 
  between 
  Silvia 
  and 
  Pitay6, 
  there 
  are 
  

   bright 
  red 
  and 
  seemingly 
  rather 
  recent 
  paintings, 
  the 
  figures 
  including 
  

   circles, 
  disks, 
  rectangles, 
  a 
  snake, 
  a 
  few 
  animals, 
  and 
  one 
  human 
  

   figure. 
  The 
  style 
  recalls 
  the 
  pictorial 
  histories 
  painted 
  on 
  bison 
  

   skins 
  by 
  the 
  Plains 
  Indians 
  of 
  North 
  America, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  narrative 
  

   painting 
  of 
  the 
  life 
  of 
  the 
  person 
  shown 
  at 
  the 
  lower 
  right 
  of 
  the 
  

   painting, 
  in 
  a 
  crouching 
  position. 
  

  

  BURIAL 
  CUSTOMS 
  

  

  Excavations 
  in 
  a 
  cemetery 
  on 
  the 
  hill 
  called 
  "El 
  Chirimoyo," 
  

   belonging 
  to 
  the 
  finca 
  of 
  "La 
  Maria" 
  near 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Popayan, 
  

   afford 
  information 
  on 
  burial 
  customs. 
  The 
  graves 
  have 
  shafts 
  about 
  

   20 
  to 
  35 
  feet 
  (6 
  to 
  11 
  m.) 
  deep, 
  and 
  less 
  than 
  3 
  feet 
  (1 
  m.) 
  square. 
  

   At 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  each 
  shaft 
  is 
  a 
  vaulted 
  chamber, 
  a 
  little 
  over 
  6 
  feet 
  

   (2 
  m.) 
  long, 
  its 
  orientation 
  being 
  variable. 
  Several 
  chambers, 
  each 
  

   with 
  a 
  separate 
  entrance, 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  one 
  on 
  top 
  of 
  another 
  in 
  the 
  

   same 
  shaft. 
  Each 
  contains 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  one 
  body 
  only. 
  

  

  The 
  graves 
  can 
  be 
  classified 
  on 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  their 
  contents. 
  Some 
  

   contain 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  small 
  vases 
  or 
  bowls 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  spindle 
  whorls; 
  

   others 
  contain 
  a 
  small 
  stone 
  hatchet 
  and 
  adzes. 
  Spindles 
  and 
  stone 
  

   hatchets 
  are 
  never 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  grave, 
  which 
  suggests 
  a 
  correla- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  sex 
  and 
  burial 
  furniture. 
  Nose 
  ornaments 
  (narigueras) 
  have 
  

   been 
  found 
  in 
  both 
  types 
  of 
  graves, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  larger 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  

   burials. 
  

  

  Four 
  clay 
  sausage-shaped 
  objects, 
  placed 
  in 
  two 
  bowls, 
  were 
  found 
  

   in 
  two 
  separate 
  graves. 
  The 
  use 
  of 
  these 
  objects 
  is 
  unknown 
  although 
  

   similar 
  specimens 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  perforations 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  grave 
  

   in 
  Guazabara 
  (El 
  Tambo). 
  The 
  earth 
  in 
  certain 
  graves 
  showed 
  evi- 
  

   dence 
  of 
  organic 
  decay 
  around 
  the 
  skeleton, 
  perhaps 
  of 
  clothing. 
  

  

  All 
  grave 
  objects 
  except 
  the 
  nose 
  ornament 
  were 
  placed 
  at 
  the 
  right 
  

   of 
  the 
  corpse, 
  near 
  the 
  stone 
  upon 
  which 
  the 
  head 
  rested. 
  

  

  CERAMICS 
  

  

  Ten 
  clay 
  vessels 
  were 
  encountered. 
  Five 
  are 
  globular 
  bowls 
  with 
  

   rounded 
  bases. 
  Three 
  of 
  these 
  have 
  two 
  small 
  symmetrical 
  lugs, 
  and 
  

   one 
  has 
  a 
  single 
  lug. 
  All 
  vessels 
  are 
  small, 
  except 
  for 
  one 
  tall 
  globu- 
  

   lar 
  jar. 
  This 
  has 
  two 
  small 
  zoomorphic 
  relief 
  lugs. 
  Two 
  similar 
  jars 
  

   were 
  excavated 
  in 
  Chiliglo 
  (Coconuco), 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  also 
  has 
  the 
  

   two 
  small 
  side 
  lugs. 
  These 
  relief 
  ornaments 
  are 
  so 
  similar 
  stylisti- 
  

   cally 
  that 
  they 
  clearly 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  culture. 
  Other 
  jars 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  