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Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188
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Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188

by Holmes William Henry

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Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Ancient Art
Index

ANCIENT ART

OF THE

PROVINCE OF CHIRIQUI, COLOMBIA.

BY

WILLIAM H. HOLMES.

CONTENTS.

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Page. Introduction 13 Geography 13 Literature 14 Peoples
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href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@30621@[email protected]#page015" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">15 The cemeteries 16 The graves 17 Human remains 20 Placing of relics 21 Objects of art 21 Stone 21 Pictured rocks 21 Columns 22 Images 23 Mealing stones 25
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tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">Stools 27 Celts &c. 29 Spearheads 34 Arrowpoints 34 Ornaments 34 Metal 35 Gold and copper 35 Bronze 49 Clay: Pottery 53 Preliminary 53 How found 55
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href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@30621@[email protected]#pottery_material" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">Material 55 Manufacture 56 Color 57 Use 57 Forms of vessels 58 Decoration 62 Unpainted ware 66 Terra cotta group 67 Black incised group 80 Painted ware 84 Scarified group
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tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">87 Handled group 90 Tripod group 97 Maroon group 107 Red line group 109 White line group 111 Lost color group 113 Alligator group 130 Polychrome group 140 Unclassified 147 Clay: Miscellaneous objects 149
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class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">Spindle whorls 149 Needlecases 150 Figurines 151 Stools 154 Musical instruments 156 Rattles 156 Drums 157 Wind instruments 160 Life forms in vase painting 171 Résumé 186

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