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Incurved bowl with lugs. — Homogeneous white paste thinly worked. 

 Two lugs are formed on either side of the mouth of the vase; these 

 are pierced and are like those on ancient globular canteens. The 

 decoration is a zigzag line rudely drawn around the rim and a band 

 of interlocking triangles gradined. Although of good materials, 

 the vessel is rudely executed and the design hesitatingly drawn. Deco- 

 ration in dark brown. Found in a mealing shed (fig. 38, No. 292049, 

 U.S.N.M.) ; 8 inches in diameter, 6 inches high. 



FiQ. 40.— Decoration on incised vase. 



Small incised vase. — Brown to dark brown paste, not well finished ; 

 surface and bottom decorated with incised designs scratched in the 

 clay while soft. (Fig. 39, 40, No. 292038, U.S.N.M.) From a child's 

 burial ; 3 inches diameter, 2^ inches high. 



Bottle-form vase. — Small gray vase with handle. On the neck 

 equidistant from the handle are two projections painted with black 

 rings, probably to indicate eyes, and on the shoulder are three 



Fig 41 —Bottle-form vase. 



Fig. 42.— Bird-form vase. 



bosses, also painted with a design which forms part of a bird scroll. 

 The body is encircled with a band of interlocking bird convention. 

 The backs of the birds are dentated to indicate plumage, and streaks 

 across the line of the scroll above are of the same meaning. (Fig. 

 41, No. 292037, U.S.N.M.) The ware is light and the form good, 

 but the decoration is halting; 3 inches in diameter, 3^ inches high. 

 Bird-form vase. — Brown paste, rough surface; loop handle; tail, 

 wings, and breast represented by projections. Rude as this small ves- 



