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forms which cannot be wholly reconstructed, and a great 
variety of sizes (PI. VIII, Nos. 2 to 11). These include 
vessels with a right-angled shoulder (PI. VIII, No. 8). Many 
of the pots have pairs of small pin holes (about 1/16 inch in 
diameter and about I inch apart) vertically through the over- 
hanging part of the rim (PI. VIII, Nos. 3 and 6). It is not 
certain how far apart these pairs of holes occurred, as none 
of the available rim fragments is more than a few inches 
wide. 
In addition to the ware with the dotted patterns 
(PI. VIII, Nos. 1 to 9) a few vessels have for decoration only 
scattered fingernail impressions (PI. VIII, No. 10) and some 
have wavy rims and apparently no other decoration (PI. VIII, 
No. 11). There are also a few pieces of pots on which the 
decoration consists of applied strips, roughly serrated with 
transverse cuts (PI. VIII, No. 19). 
The vessels with impressed dotted decoration are covered 
with patterns over the whole of the outer surface of the sides 
(PI. VIII, Nos. 1, 12, 13, 14). In mo.st cases, the flat tops 
of the rims and the insides of the lips are also decorated 
(PI. VIII, Nos. 17, 18). No two patterns seem to he exactly 
the same, although the same elements recur in many of them. 
There are, however, apart from the zones on rims and borders, 
four main motifs which occur either singly or combined on 
nearly all the pots. Examples of these are illustrated 
(PI. VIII, Nos. 12 to 15). The curvilinear motif shown in 
Plate VIII, No. 15, is incomplete, but it is typical of many 
similar examples which may be parts of one large pattern or 
of several smaller ones. 
Fig. 5. 
MB ssss rELLOw mm blue 
Ancient Embroidered Fabric, Na.sca, Peru (British Museum). 
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