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mg to a yelloAv brown. It may be said, however, that the individual 

 specimens of red ware, for instance tlie bowls, are much larger than 

 any specimens of gray ware which have been found in the ruin. 

 The specimens are also of more elegant form and show no effects 

 of warping in the fire. 



The common form is a deep, incurving bowl (pi. 10, fig. 3), usually 

 of large size, following in this respect the brown bowls. Vases with 

 animal and loop handles ; canteen or globular bottle shapes, and bird- 

 form vases comprise the list of shapes. (PI. 10, 1 and 2, Cat. No. 

 702, 697; Gates Coll.) 



The decoration of the interior, except in one case, is invariably in 

 black, the designs being almost altogether dual. Many of the bowls 

 have exterior terrace and volute designs in white lines; one speci- 

 men which has a white interior decoration has a series of conven- 

 tional birds painted on the exterior. Another has an individual 

 diamond-shape pattern in black outlined in wdiite. Still another has 

 conventional birds applied in low-relief in red on a yellowish ground. 

 The designs are almost invariably in fours. One excellent specimen 

 is decorated w-ith the four-bird convention in a circular field out- 

 lined by hachure and in the center of the bottom the same design re- 

 peated, but the birds mounted at the corners of the square are sup- 

 plied with beaks and tails. The specimen is a remarkable example 

 of the juxtaposition of geometric and realistic design. (See fig. 85.) 

 A small bird-form vase in the collection is of excellent workmanship 

 and is a good example of the skill of the pottery maker and deco- 

 rator. The design upon it represents tlie dual interlocking birds, 

 four in number, centering over the breast, the two wings and the 

 tail. The handle at the neck is the head of an animal. In some 

 cases it is difficult to separate tlie soft brown ware which at times has 

 been washed with red, from the red ware which has been described. 

 It may also be said that the red vessels have their counterparts in 

 ancient sites widely separated from the ruins on Blue'RiAer. Both 

 red and gray pottery have taken part in an extended distribution 

 over the Southwest west of the Eio Grande and north of the Gila, 



RED WAKE OF APACHE CREKK. 



Some red ware has been found at Apache Creek and one specimen 

 from the N. H. Ranch, presented by Mrs. Montague Stevens, has a 

 pattern of exceptional interast, apparently representing four sun 

 shields. This specimen is also of hard paste washed with red, the 

 design being in black. (See fig. 91.) 



RED WARE OF TTJLAROSA RI\'^R. 



In the Delgar Ruins on the Tularosa River some red ware has been 

 secured. This ware is quite as well decorated as the gray, but owing 



