PLATE 34
Design by Maximiliana Martinez
This is an excellent example of the type of work done by a painter who develops her pattern while drawing it. The contrast between this and the simple strength of the first three designs ([fig. 9] and pls. 32, 33) should be noticed.
Drawing No. 5 ([fig. 10]); original by Maximiliana Martinez. This is a border decoration that was applied to the edge of the constricted-mouthed bowl on which was produced Drawing No. 4.
First stage ([fig. 10], a); this is the drawing of the two enclosing lines (1 and 2) about the lip of the bowl. These are followed at once by 3 to 5, which outline three small semicircles. Eight of these triple semicircles complete the circumference of the bowl.
Second stage ([fig. 10], b); the three semicircles are filled with dots of pigment, two in each of the upper ones, three in the lower.
Third stage ([fig. 10], c); the three small lines are added to the lowest of the three semicircles.
The painting of the rosette ([pl. 34]) and the eight sets of semicircles took just sixteen minutes.
Drawing No. 6 ([pl. 35]); original by Antonita Roybal. This elaborate decoration was placed upon a large red ware olla. Antonita, it may be noted, specializes