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Pottery of Costa Rica and Nicaragua (1926)

Lothrop, S. K. (Samuel Kirkland), 1892-1965 · New York, Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation · leaf 105

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WHISTLES 259 HUMAN TYPES At least half of the figurines of this ware represent the human form in different aspects. Conspicuous among these are large stand- ing figures of the type shown in pi. cxxiv. The breech-clout, painted with red and black lines and supported by a red band, is raised in… … 147. — Solid clay head, Fig. 146. — Part of a figurine, Li- Fig. Costa Rica. beria, Costa Rica. (Height, 3 in.) PL cxxvi, /, is a smaller but complete figure of this type, decorated in similar fashion. Fig. 146 is a head of the same class which shows clearly the methods of dressing the hair in two…

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