. Bulletin. Ethnology. Figure 16.—Maracd and Marajo pottery. Left: Maracd urn (height, approximately 2j4 ft. (75 cm.)). Right: Marajo hollow figurine (red-on-white) (height 24 cm. (9j/2 in.) ). (After Nordenskiold, 1930 a, pi. 18 and Frontispiece.) the objects themselves are often exceedingly thin. Both surfaces are smoothed and usually slipped either red or white. The outer surface in the latter case is decorated with great care and beauty in a symmetrical pattern. Mordini (1934) noted that the majority of the tangas found at Pacoval show consistently the same border pattern across the top. T
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Figure 16.—Maracd and Marajo pottery. Left: Maracd urn (height, approximately 2j4 ft. (75 cm.)). Right: Marajo hollow figurine (red-on-white) (height 24 cm. (9j/2 in.) ). (After Nordenskiold, 1930 a, pi. 18 and Frontispiece.) the objects themselves are often exceedingly thin. Both surfaces are smoothed and usually slipped either red or white. The outer surface in the latter case is decorated with great care and beauty in a symmetrical pattern. Mordini (1934) noted that the majority of the tangas found at Pacoval show consistently the same border pattern across the top. This was not found on tangas from Teso de Severino. Tangas with dark red slip and no decoration are found at Camutins. Decorative styles.—Holdridge (1939, p. 74) states that while there are slight regional differences in the pottery designs and manner of execu- tion, there is a general identity of artistic motives and technic that points to an island- wide cultural integrity. The most complicated designs found in the Chaves pottery can be duplicated satisfactorily in a piece from Soure. This continuity of style makes it possible to list a few very characteristic features. One of the most common geometrical motifs in painted, incised, or relief decoration is the spiral which occurs in many variations, single and interlocking. Also characteristic are stylized representations of the human face which occur in almost an infinite variety and produce a sym- metrical design used on tangas as well as on funerary urns and other vessels. The T is another design element often used. The sides of. 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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