. Bulletin. Ethnology. Slllrs"^ ARCHEOLOGY IN BRITISH GUIANA 223. 0 I 2 CM Figure 93.—Manakakashin Red-on-White, Taruma Phase, a-f. Motif 3: broad lines. Decoration (figs. 92, 93; pi. 45). Technique: Thick, dark-red paint applied to white-slipped surfaces in lines. On some sherds, all or parts of the painted lines are black; however, close examination of the underlying pigment indicates that this discoloration is an accidental alteration of the normally red paint, either as a result of firing or of chemical action in the ground. Width of the lines varies from mm., with the extrem
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Slllrs"^ ARCHEOLOGY IN BRITISH GUIANA 223. 0 I 2 CM Figure 93.—Manakakashin Red-on-White, Taruma Phase, a-f. Motif 3: broad lines. Decoration (figs. 92, 93; pi. 45). Technique: Thick, dark-red paint applied to white-slipped surfaces in lines. On some sherds, all or parts of the painted lines are black; however, close examination of the underlying pigment indicates that this discoloration is an accidental alteration of the normally red paint, either as a result of firing or of chemical action in the ground. Width of the lines varies from mm., with the extremes not normally present on the same sherd. Execution is typically careful, without overshot junctions of the lines. Parallel lines approach true parallelism and inequalities in spacing are not pronounced. Although broader-lined designs have suffered more from erosion, it appears that they were originally less carefully executed than the fine-line designs. Motif: Red-on-white designs are normally placed on the exterior, although a few sherds have this decoration on the interior surface in addition to or instead of on the exterior. In the remainder the interior is plain or covered with a red wash. Three major types of motif occur with approximately equal frequency: 1. Intricate, delicate, all-over patterns of small, concentric diamonds, triangles and intervening parallel lines (fig. 92, a-c; pi. 45, a, c, d). In one case squares and triangles are filled with parallel lines. The. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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