ANTHROPOLOGY: G. G. M'CURDY 
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3 (fig. 167 of Holmes's monograph). Here the arms are attached to 
the equatorial zone (or sHghtly lower) and rise like short-based tri- 
angles to the neck of the vase. They are dotted to represent the 
succers. In looking 
down upon this vase 
the arms converge to- 
ward the narrow neck 
of the vessel, which 
thus becomes the 
mouth opening of the 
octopus. The body of 
the vase therefore be- 
comes the body of the 
octopus, which is rep- 
resented not only in 
painted design but also 
in the round. 
Thus the octopus 
appendage may be 
represented in two ^ .—octopus motive as a circular panel decora- 
ways; as a frond-like ^ion. heye collection, cat. no. 
arm or as a short-based triangle. 
Each type is often (but Qot 
always) accompanied by dots 
representing the succers. Both 
types are seen in figure 4. 
Four of one kind alternate with 
four of the other kind converg- 
ing toward the neck of a small 
globular vase with black ground 
and cream pattern. The four 
fronds are straight, each con- 
sisting of two lines enclosing a 
row of dots. Each triangular 
arm is set in a series of paired 
converging lines the outer ones 
being accompanied by succer 
dots. An identical octopus de- 
sign is repeated on the lower half of the vase, beginning midway and 
with the eight arms converging toward a central point on the bottom. 
Akin to all the foregoing is an octopus motive produced by shifting 
FIG. 2.— OCTOPUS MOTIVE, THE EIGHT APPEN- 
DAGES FORMING THE SHOULDER DECORATION, 
THE NECK OF THE VASE REPRESENTS THE 
OCTOPUS BODY. YALE COLLECTION. ]. 
