. Bulletin. Ethnology. Figure 42.—Macaracas type, Higo variety, crocodile poses, a, Lothrop, 1942, fig. 193, b; b, He-4, Find 368-2; c, Lothrop, 1942, pi. 2, b. They also occur on gold work and on the unpainted pottery of Vera- guas. Very often the style of representation is clear cut as in the El Hatillo type. At other times the styles appear to blend as is the case between the Code and Azuero styles, where poses, general layout and, sometimes, smaller design elements are often shared. At the El Hatillo site as represented by the material at the Peabody Museum, one particular style showed con
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Figure 42.—Macaracas type, Higo variety, crocodile poses, a, Lothrop, 1942, fig. 193, b; b, He-4, Find 368-2; c, Lothrop, 1942, pi. 2, b. They also occur on gold work and on the unpainted pottery of Vera- guas. Very often the style of representation is clear cut as in the El Hatillo type. At other times the styles appear to blend as is the case between the Code and Azuero styles, where poses, general layout and, sometimes, smaller design elements are often shared. At the El Hatillo site as represented by the material at the Peabody Museum, one particular style showed considerable consistency, especially in its smaller elements. For example, crocodile heads in the Higo variety are shown in profile with a barbed nose which is curled upward (fig. 40, f). Feet (hind legs) and, generally, "hands" (forelegs) are represented by many narrow, parallel black lines (fig. 40, h, i) in con- trast to the treatment frequently found in the Code style in which the feet are given color-filled claws (fig. 40, m). In the "dancing crocodile" pose hands may be treated as bird claws (fig. 40, j), that is, depicted with an opposed talon. The plumes or feathers streaming from the head and back of the figure are barbed in the Higo variety (fig. 40, Z); in the Code style this barbed effect is achieved by color- filled claws. In the Higo variety representations at the El HatiUo site, the body of the figure is treated with solid red fiU as against the tendency at other sites to elaborate the body cavity with clawed scrolls. Finally, the Code-style "dragon belt" motif, a secondary, smaller crocodile motif occurring alongside the larger figure, appears to be lacking in this 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 America
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