. Bulletin. Ethnology. 226 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 177. « I I » ' i I 0 4 8 12 CM I I i J 3 CM VESSEL SCALE RIM SCALE Figure 95.—Rim profiles and reconstructed vessel shapes of Onoro Stamped, Taruma Phase. Base: Flat. Major vessel forms reconstructed from sherds: All rims are a variant of the same form, a small jar with a rounded or angular shoulder, nearly ver- tical to insloping neck, and everted or direct rim with pointed, rounded or flattened lip (fig. 95-1). Rim diameter cm.; diameter at shoulder, 14-32 cm.; base diameter (1 sherd), 18 cm. The decoration is applied i
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 226 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 177. « I I » ' i I 0 4 8 12 CM I I i J 3 CM VESSEL SCALE RIM SCALE Figure 95.—Rim profiles and reconstructed vessel shapes of Onoro Stamped, Taruma Phase. Base: Flat. Major vessel forms reconstructed from sherds: All rims are a variant of the same form, a small jar with a rounded or angular shoulder, nearly ver- tical to insloping neck, and everted or direct rim with pointed, rounded or flattened lip (fig. 95-1). Rim diameter cm.; diameter at shoulder, 14-32 cm.; base diameter (1 sherd), 18 cm. The decoration is applied in a band at the maximum diameter when the shoulder is rounded, or just above the band when it is angular. The base fragment has a narrow band of decoration at the junction with the wall. Decoration (pi, 46) : Technique: After smoothing of the entire vessel surface, a thin (1-2 mm. thick) band of clay was added at or just above the point of greatest body diameter. Because of the dryness and smootlmess of the underlying surface, the adhesion is not always good. This band, which varies between 1 and 3 cm. in width in the type, but is uniform on a single specimen, was decorated while the clay was still fairly wet by rolling the surface with a nut of Murity or Moriche palm {Mauritia flexuosa). This produces a pattern of diamond-shaped depressions separated by thin, low ridges, representing the negative impression of the nut, the surface of which has diamond-shaped raised areas separated by fine grooves. The clarity of the pattern suggests that the nut was rolled continuously around the vessel in the manner of a roller stamp. Variations in the size of the nut give variations in the dimension of the impressions on different sherds. Typical measurements of the diamonds are 3 by 5 mm., 5 by 6 mm., 4 by 5 mm. Depth averages 1 mm. A rare variant of Onoro Stamped is produced by using a stick with a flat end mm. wide. This was dragged diagonally across the applique strip and jab
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