. Bulletin. Ethnology. Anthrop. Pap. No. 63] TARQUI SITE—STIRLING AND STIRLING 23 to a purchased specimen brought to us by a workman, which is illus- trated in plate 19, <2,12. Some figures with punctate eyes from the nearby Estero site are also illustrated (pi. 19, &). These are usually modeled under the rims of narrow-necked jars. MISCELLANEOUS POTTEEY AKTIFACTS Stemmed cups.—One of the most abundant as well as one of the most puzzling artifacts at the Tarqui site were these curious little objects which we called "golf tees" because of their form. They consist of a small hem
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Anthrop. Pap. No. 63] TARQUI SITE—STIRLING AND STIRLING 23 to a purchased specimen brought to us by a workman, which is illus- trated in plate 19, <2,12. Some figures with punctate eyes from the nearby Estero site are also illustrated (pi. 19, &). These are usually modeled under the rims of narrow-necked jars. MISCELLANEOUS POTTEEY AKTIFACTS Stemmed cups.—One of the most abundant as well as one of the most puzzling artifacts at the Tarqui site were these curious little objects which we called "golf tees" because of their form. They consist of a small hemispherical cup from cm. to 4 cm. in diameter, mounted on a pointed, bulbous stem about cm. long (pi. 11, 5). The majority are of buff ware, but some are black or gray. It has been speculated that these are ear ornaments but this does not seem likely. The ear tabs shown on the figurines are considerably smaller and appear to be flat. The "golf tees" are sometimes painted red or yellow, but they are not particularly well made or decorative. We recovered 108 from our excavation, so it would appear that they had some commonplace use. Ocarinas,—^A simple conical whistle or ocarina with two project- ing hollow arms at the upper part was a characteristic artifact. These ocarinas are of unpolished buff ware and vary in length from cm. to cm. More than a dozen were found in our trench. Their appearance and construction are shown in figure CMS. Figure 5.—^Typical ocarina, showing internal construction. Pottery '''cradles''\—Parts of seven platformlike objects with raised, notched sides and four supports were found. At each end these ob- jects have a perforated tab as though for attaching a string. One- half of a specimen had an arched loop extending from side to 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
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