(Left) Head of a so-called "Zhob" Mother Goddess, recovered from the Sadaat horizon at the site of Damb Sadaat. It is possible that human and animal sacrifice was associated with her fertility cult. She can be regarded as a kind of proto-Kali. These pedestal figurines were probably of ritualistic use in a ceremony. They have been found in sites of the Zhob-Loralai districts of Baluchistan and in the Kandahar area of Afghanistan. (Right) A Quetta ware figurine which may have been used in a fertility ritual. The heads of these figurines have never been found, but the neck indicates that the head was probably smaller and in better proportion to the body than those of the later Sadaat types. A prehistoric "egg-cup." The walls of these small Quetta vessels are remarkably thin and uniform. All photographs by courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History. (At the lower right) This jar, about six inches high, is a typical example of the sophisticated design forms of the Quetta ware painter. The designs are in black, painted on a buff slipped surface. The elaborate geometric designs of the Quetta wares were deftly drawn by the prehistoric painters, who must have possessed a keen sensitivity to composition and design form. Quetta ware deserves a recognized place in the art history of the Indian sub-continent. Summer 1932 103