. Bulletin. Ethnology. y. Figure 3.—Incised brown ware. Plate 8, b, illustrates a somewhat different effigy, not of brown ware but of a red-orange slipped red ware similar to that discussed under the consideration of decorated sherds below. This is a four-legged effigy bowl, cm. high. It is a grotesque animal of compound type, possibly a jaguar with "spots" of reed punched design. Also notable is the indication of five toes on each foot and prominent (pectoral?) musculature. Realism is confused by the broken rem- nant of a "horn" immediately above the nose. Figure 4 sh
. Bulletin. Ethnology. y. Figure 3.—Incised brown ware. Plate 8, b, illustrates a somewhat different effigy, not of brown ware but of a red-orange slipped red ware similar to that discussed under the consideration of decorated sherds below. This is a four-legged effigy bowl, cm. high. It is a grotesque animal of compound type, possibly a jaguar with "spots" of reed punched design. Also notable is the indication of five toes on each foot and prominent (pectoral?) musculature. Realism is confused by the broken rem- nant of a "horn" immediately above the nose. Figure 4 shows several other vessels of the various shapes and design patterns that occur. Incised chalices or pedestal bowls are. 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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