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tion about it. The other eye is similarly decorated. The puma head 
below the eye plainly belongs to the same animal, as do those in Figs. 
2 and 3. 
Figs. 10 to 20 are from the coast region, within fifty miles of Lima. 
Figs. 10-11 are very common in tapestry. Both have the raised 
back, a characteristic of the cat family. 
Fig. 12 is another example of their fondness for joining animal forms 
together in a design. The two cats have the humped-up back in 
common. 
Fig. 13 is common on cloth, pottery, gourds, and on metal objects. 
A comparison of this figure with that in Fig. 6 shows a great similarity 
in the management of the legs. Doubtless some ancestor of this design 
has the raised back and tail that we have seen to have been the case 
with the other figure. 
Fig. 14 is from a piece of tapestry from Ancon. The most cohapcabie 
thing about this figure is the manner of representing the nose, eyes, and 
mouth. The technique of weaving seems to have been responsible for 
this form, as Hasluck shows the same device in a lion woven in a goat- 
hair carpet of the fifteenth century from Persia.! Certainly no one will 
claim contact between the prehistoric Peruvians and Persians. 
Fig. 15. This design is taken from a coca bag from Pachacamac. 
It is in the style of Tiahuanaco. 
Fig. 16 is from a long belt or sash. It is the most highly conven- 
tionalized design on this Plate, but the characteristics of the cat family, 
the raised back and tail, are still present. 
Fig. 17 is painted on either end of a barrel-shaped vessel from Ica. 
Fig. 18 was taken from a textile from Ancon. The design is made 
up of cat and bird heads. Their fondness for joining different animals 
together in a design has been spoken of before. It is not uncommon 
to find birds, cats, and fish in the same design. 
Fig. 19 is from a gourd bowl from Marquez, near Lima. The design 
is burned into the side of the vessel. Pyrography was commonly used 
in decorating these gourds. This design shows three motives, cat, bird, 
and fish. There has never been any difficulty in recognizing the cat 
and bird, but in my experience few students see the fish motive in this — 
1 Decorative Designs of all Ages for all Purposes. London, Paris, New York, 
Toronto, and Melbourne, 1808, p. 128. 
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