| Show POTTERY FROM THE GRAVES AT dr J kin king g merritt recently obtained from I 1 the graves at Cb Ch iriqui which are being rifled by gold seekers a large number of curious specimens of pottery which are now on exhibition hibi tion in new york the ile new york times says I 1 the articles of pottery which he obtained are very interesting and are mostly in a remarkable state of preservation they consist apparently of cooking vessels of various shapes and sizes slabs for grinding formed of figures like which there is nothing outside of a nightmare dream ni in their eccentric hideousness many of them are ornamented with borders and and patterns in red paint and the whole executed in a style of workmanship indicating di no inconis inconsiderable id erable skill on the part of the designers the models of the human figure are rude and uncouth among the specimens are some musical instruments in baked clay resembling boys whistles and others with fidger finger holes like miniature clari conets in the collection are also a quai quat quantity tet tit of ax and arrows heads in red and blac black r stone of quite rude formation dr merritt Merrit fc has also a few gold images which he purchased of natives not found himself ile he describes the countr country as being healthy in td the dry season but aou would dissuade any person from venturi venturing there from the northern states until december next the graves lie mostly along the liver and seldom present any appearance of tumuli gold la is not found in more than one grave out of ten and then usually usually y in small quant quantities aties it is probable I 1 that oni only y the remains 0 of f rich peo people I 1 le were honored with auriferous images and ana that the tha poorer r classes had to content themselves ia in their repose with the articles of baked clay As to the date to be assigned to these articles nothing can be said no bones or the remains of demaare dead are found in the graves |
