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in lhe relief bird s' heads lhal lhe closest rlsel11bl;\llc to Antillean pollery.
often amouIlting to pr;lclical iclentity, has beell pointecl out by Nor
denshold. Se his Figs. 1 Jnd 3·
Though lhe abovt t\\O lY¡Je ~ of \\';Ire are must typieal amI impressi\c
bec;\Use of their ver)' high relief, \'e ~'e l s ()f m ,ll\\' olher shapes with relief
clecorationss are kIlO\\·]]. So me o i the~ e (\ re sho \\]] in the plate·s 011
p;\ge~ (photos D. L , 1;) . ; 1\](1 in ?\ ord Il ski old's n ;ll e X Xl X . The four
V) f\road Ilat tra\' s \\'it il re lid ül'lli\me nla(;ulI and loop ilanJles, (33 cm. ",ide).
~ ho w n in (ph oto s J) and E) are lIIlpaillted ami have ring or annular base';,
generally flarillg; hi gh relief ornamentation, generally of animal heacls:
and lo:w relief and incis.d de sigll s. The large bowl shovvn at the left i: '
(photo D), 14.5 cm. high, has several points in common with the exuberanl
relief ware : like tbe caryatid type it eon sists of ;\ bOl:vl oí simple r
tonn t nclosee! by a ring of hi g'h relief; the \atter c rigin ally bore four
birds' heads in full round separated by four horizontal flaps 01' ear~
l;iercecl by vertical holes, probabl)' for sll~pe1l s iün. The ring is hollow
;Il)d probably originalJy contained raltling pellets. Nordenskiolcl ha ~
[)oinLd oul that this is Ol1e of the most universal characteri sti es of Amazon
pottery, 110t found in the Antilles or in Central Ameriea.
The stnall tall vase, 18 cm. high, sh own at th e right in (photo E), is
(jf ul1usual shape. The base is ringecl but short. The neek i!' con stricted
,\\](.1 very similar to ,hose of the cnla! e w inged relief vases. Jt is covered
with low relief (or stampecl ?) decoration of parallel narrow groove$
on a dark slip, and ha s two high relief hanclles in the form of animal
head s,
Small ullp,lil1LJ effigy vases, generally of a dark colour, are 1l0t 1I11­
C0I11111011 in this region; two are figured by Norclenskiold in Plate XXXIV
and rigs. 12 ancl 13..Alloth er is showll at (hlO lower .]eft in (photo K¡
herein. It is a beatiful iittle vase, 11 cm. in widlh, in the form of a fish,
Illost n,\turali sti c. The ba,e i, rowl ami ih cre i~ no ornament"tion excepl
for th e relief ane! ineised elemenl s required by the pietorial subject.
Broad shallow bowls \\'ith high relief orn;1l11entation "re characteristic
ol Santarem culture ane! a typ. far more clo~e:y related to Antillean thall