. Timehri. ignsinscribed upon them, but they were brightly coloured as well, as shownby specimens obtained, while lips, bases, rims and handles were ornament-ed by well-modelled figures of birds, animals, reptiles and human of these are easily identified, although usually conventionalized andoften as grotesque as gargoyles, but Toucans, Macaws, Monkeys, Iguanas, 20 Titnehri. Frogs, Peccarys, Tapirs, Kinkaious, and in fact nearly all the birds andanimils of the country may be found reproduced and it is practicallyimpossible to find two alike. The inscribed decorations are often elab
. Timehri. ignsinscribed upon them, but they were brightly coloured as well, as shownby specimens obtained, while lips, bases, rims and handles were ornament-ed by well-modelled figures of birds, animals, reptiles and human of these are easily identified, although usually conventionalized andoften as grotesque as gargoyles, but Toucans, Macaws, Monkeys, Iguanas, 20 Titnehri. Frogs, Peccarys, Tapirs, Kinkaious, and in fact nearly all the birds andanimils of the country may be found reproduced and it is practicallyimpossible to find two alike. The inscribed decorations are often elaborate and consist of bothscrolls and straight lines, arranged in geometric or other patterns, while ina few specimens, the patterns are in low relief. In many ways they closely resemble the utensils found in theprehistoric graves of Central America, especially those of Costa Rica andChiriqui, and the makers were certainly much further advanced in thepotters art than any of the existing aborigines of ation of Shell Hill.
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