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melons, gourds, and other fruit. These are occasionally found 
with a grotesque animal head added as the mouth of the vessel. 
Among the animal figures which have been observed in Peruvian 
pottery are the duck, parrot, pelican, turkey, land-turtle, 
monkey, lynx, otter, llama, toad, cayman, shark, &c. 
The greater part of the sacred vessels buried with the mall- 
quis, and destined to receive the chicha of sacrifice on feast- 
days, have an enlarged neck, placed ordinarily near the handle, 
with a hole to pour out the liquid, and an opposite opening 
through which the air escapes whilst the vessel is being filled. 
Many are double ; others are quadruple or sextuple, or even 
octuple ; that is, the principal vessel is surrounded with regular 
appendages, which communicate among themselves and with the 
principal vessel. It is said that some of the double vessels, whilst 
they are being filled with fluid, emit sounds from the air-holes 
which imitate the voice of the animal represented by the principal 
part of the vessel. In making this experiment it is highly desirable 
that the listener should be possessed of a lively imagination. 
No. I. Vessel of brown ware, ornamented with colour in lines 
and crosses. The lower part of the vessel is in the form of a 
human head, with ornaments (labrets) in the lips, and similar 
ornaments in the ears ; the nose is extremely aquiline. It was 
presented to the Collection by the late Admiral Sir William 
Bowles, K.C.B. 
No. 2 (S and D 6i). Vessel of fine red ware, in the form of a 
man, seated, with his arms crossed and tied behind his back. 
This prisoner has a cord round his neck, with a loose end 
hanging down his back, probably for leading him. The features 
of the figure are quite unlike those of No. i. 
No. 3 (S and D 62). A similar vessel to No. 2, but the ware is 
not so fine, and the modelling is not so carefully executed. It 
is in the form of a woman, seated ; round pendants hang from 
her pierced ears ; the features of the figure resemble those of 
No. 2. The vessel has been ornamented with white paint. 
No. 4 (S and D 83). A frog or toad of black ware. It formed 
part of some vessel. 
No. 5 (S and D 71). Rattle of black ware, the upper part in 
the form of a human head, wearing a cap with two conical pro- 
jections at the corners. A similar form of cap can be seen on 
the figure, No. 22. 
No. 6 (S and D 566). Small figure of a bird in red ware; a 
hole passes through the head in the position of the eyes. 
No. 7 (S and D 60). Double vessel of black ware. This is 
