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BULLETIN 87, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



The design shows a hesitancy in the drawing of the inclination of 

 the gradines. (Blue, Arizona, Cat. No. 245545, U.S.N.M.) 



Figure 86 is from a well-made bowl, the walls being quite thin. 

 The decoration is in dual pattern, the gradined element being painted 



Fig. 85. — Bird design ox bowl from 

 Blue, 



Fig. 86.- 



-Design on bowl troii Spur 

 Eaxcii. 



in purple. The color appears to be a thin transparent wash, which 

 does not interfere with the hatched lines. In the circular field in the 

 bottom of the bowl is a four-bird convention. The specimen is from 

 the Spur Ranch. Cienaga, near Luna, New Mexico. (Cat. No. 232002, 

 U.S.N.M.) 



Fig. 87. — Design from a bowl from 

 TuLAROSA River. 



Fig. 88. — Design on vase from 

 San Francisco River. 



A good design (fig. 87) is taken from a bowl found on the Tula- 

 rosa Eiver by Henry Hales. (Cat. No. 155151, U.S.N.M.) The 

 motives are interlocking birds in three pairs, producing a design full 

 of movement, and with a pleasing harmony in the relation of the 

 white and black elements, worthy of the artists of the Japanese mon 

 or crests. A design of superior order is shown in figure 88, which 



