. Bulletin. Ethnology. Anthrop. Pap. No. 68] PREHISTORY OF PANAMA VIEJO—^BIESE 319 the Azuero Peninsula than to Code. Both modeled hands are placed to the mouth. The head is white slipped with a ridge to indicate the hairline and a high conical hat decorated with alternating red and purple stripes. There are six symmetrical body panels, redrawn flat in the illustration. The front panel (a') is repeated on the back and consists of scrolls in black on the natural background. The inner portions of the scrolls end in stylized "alligator god" heads. The side panels {a") are placed ov
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Anthrop. Pap. No. 68] PREHISTORY OF PANAMA VIEJO—^BIESE 319 the Azuero Peninsula than to Code. Both modeled hands are placed to the mouth. The head is white slipped with a ridge to indicate the hairline and a high conical hat decorated with alternating red and purple stripes. There are six symmetrical body panels, redrawn flat in the illustration. The front panel (a') is repeated on the back and consists of scrolls in black on the natural background. The inner portions of the scrolls end in stylized "alligator god" heads. The side panels {a") are placed over a white background and consist of elaborate convolutions ending in alligator god heads and having fillers of small red and purple wedges. The vessel shown in figure 14 is made of a finer buff paste, com- pletely slipped with a hard, polished cream-white surface. It is. 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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