. Viaggi tra le grandi Ande dell'equatore . le alleggerito la strada giocando su questi strumenti primitivi. I più interessanti, artisticamente, di tutti gli oggetti in ceramica che sono stati ottenuti in Ecuador sono stati chiamati vase-busts dal Sig. Ewbank. Nel rapporto sulla spedizione astronomica navale degli Stati Uniti, da cui ho già citato, ha dato una cattiva rappresentazione di un oggetto di questa classe; dicendo (nel 1856), si suppone che non ci siano più di due o tre esistenti. I quattro 20 282 VIAGGI TRA LE GRANDI ANDE, cap. xiv. Esempi che appaiono nelle pagine seguenti sono senza dubbio thework

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. Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator . le lightened the way by playing onthese primitive instruments. The most interesting, artistically, of all the objects in pottery which were obtained in Ecuador have been called vase-busts by Mr. Ewbank. In the Report on The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition, from which I have already quoted, he gave a bad representation of an object of this class; saying (in 1856), it is supposed there are not over two or three extant. The four 20 282 TRAVELS AMONGST THE GREAT ANDES, chap. xiv. examples which appear on the following pages are no doubt thework of four different artists ; and, though all are old, they are byno means of equal age. The idea that any human being could havehis face ornamented with a pointed beard or flowing moustachedid not enter the brain of the Indian modeller until Spanish Donsinvaded his continent. The oldest vases never give hair upon thelips or chin ; and, if beards or moustaches are introduced, it is acertain indication that the works have been executed subsequently. THE DON POT. to the Spanish Conquest. This was evidently the case in the piecethat I term the Don pot. All three of the other examples shewconsiderable power in portraying character, and very likely are por-traits of eminent persons. The double-headed jar or vase is the fin-est specimen I have seen of Indian pottery, and I should have beenhappy to have obtained other examples modelled by the same hand.The pottery which is represented on the previous pages wasobtained in various ways, not a little of it coming from old graves, ni.vp. xiv. vase-busts: 283 which were continually being disturbed. Senor Gomez de laTorre, hearing me lament that I was never able to be present at afind, very kindly offered to send the entire contents of a grave, and he was as good as his word. The case, however, did not evenroach Guayaquil before my departure for Europe ; and, upon arrivalin London, its contents were found to have suffered severely

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