262 THE ANCIENT INDIAN POTTERY OF MARAJO, BRAZIL. 
diameter of the vessel would be at about one-tenth its height, 
measuring from its base. The vase represented in fig. 64, judging 
from the curving outwards of the upper broken edge, as well as 
from the ornamentation, must have been little less than twenty 
inches in height. The diameter of the mouth I cannot give; the 
greatest diameter, measuring inside, is fourteen and three-fourths 
inches ; that of the base is about five inches inside. The sides of 
the upper part of the jar slope regularly. Those of the lower part 
are slightly concave. Though skilfully made, it is nowhere ex- 
actly round, and bears no marks of having been shaped on a wheel. 
_ All the Marajó pottery: was made by hand. The material is a 
rather fine clay with little or no sand. I have not observed, in the 
ancient Marajé pottery, any admixture of the ashes of the Caraipé 
tree (Licanea utilis), which are extensively used, at present, both 
by Indians and whites. The vase under discussion has broken with 
a very irregular fracture. The thickness at the base is about half 
an inch, at the top about a quarter. The outside of the vase ap- 
pears to have been shaved down smooth, probably with a piece of 
wood, and washed with a fine whitish clay which has darkened in 
burning. The surface is very smooth, but quite irregular. The 
base and inside have not been polished. The ornamentation is 
unique and is well shown in the engraving. The lines are deeply 
have been roughly scraped, apparently by a stick with a broad 
flat end. ese portions, as well as the lines of the figure, have 
received a wash of red clay laid on very daubily. The broad line, 
just above the base, is colored in the same way, but the double - 
lines, separating the figures, are uncolored. As will be seen from 
the engraving, there is considerable variety in the rendering of the 
design. 
The other vase’ (fig. 65) differs from that just described, in being 
a little larger, and in having the sides of the basal portion more 
concave. The material and the surface finish are the same, but the 
wash of cream-colored clay is of a somewhat lighter color, and 
the surface has a hard, glazed look. The pattern is quite as sin- 
th of these vases were probably furnished with projecting 
knobs or ears (namb) around the mouth. These are often in the 
