. Bulletin. Ethnology. c d e f Fig. is. Pottery vessels and other articles from a Guatemalan mound. larger is from 4 to 5 cm., and the ring is 5^ cm. broad and 5 cm. thick; the other has an inner diameter of 2|^ to 3^ cm.; the breadth of the ring is 3 cm., and the thickness somewhat over 3 cm. The larger one is smooth on the upper and lower surfaces and rough on the circumfer- ence. Both were perhaps used in a game resembling the chunky game of the Indians of the southern United States. The pottery vessel (a, figure 15) has a height of 15 cm., and the diameter at the mouth is 13 cm. It was wel
. Bulletin. Ethnology. c d e f Fig. is. Pottery vessels and other articles from a Guatemalan mound. larger is from 4 to 5 cm., and the ring is 5^ cm. broad and 5 cm. thick; the other has an inner diameter of 2|^ to 3^ cm.; the breadth of the ring is 3 cm., and the thickness somewhat over 3 cm. The larger one is smooth on the upper and lower surfaces and rough on the circumfer- ence. Both were perhaps used in a game resembling the chunky game of the Indians of the southern United States. The pottery vessel (a, figure 15) has a height of 15 cm., and the diameter at the mouth is 13 cm. It was well baked and carefully smoothed, and then received a red coating, upon which was traced a network of black lines; but the coating is rubbed off in many places. The plates (J, figure 15) have a diameter of 22 to 25 cm, and a height of about 6 cm. They are also of well-baked clay, rough on the outside and furnished with a light-red coating on the 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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