ANCIENT PUEBLOS OF UPPER GILA EEGION. 



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represents a vase with animal handle from the upper San Francisco 

 Eiver in New Mexico, collected by E. W. Xelson. (Cat. No. 109773, 

 U.S.N.M.) The design is in four, applied diagonally with gi-eat skill 

 to the globular surface, and each section is in four bands of pairs of 

 birds with interlocking bills. The 

 backs of the birds are denticu- 

 lated, giving the white space be- 

 tween the pairs a zigzag effect. 

 This is also carried along the 

 upper margin of each gore, and 

 in the angle is a hooked figure. 

 The neck of the vase is decorated 

 with a fret which is an evolution 

 of the bird pair motive. The con- 

 fidence and mastery with which 

 this complicated and difficult de- 

 sign is placed on the vessel is 



surprising. ^ ^ ^^^^ gg^ — designs from bowl from Blue. 



Figure 89 shows a design in 

 three lobes outlined with black and terminating in three whorls, the 

 background decorated with black and wliite checker diminishing in 

 size toward the center. This is the conventional plumage motive, and 



it is possible that the design is a three-bird 

 convention. From a bowl, Blue, Arizona. 

 (Cat. No. 245508, U.S.N.M.) 



Figure 90 is a design taken from a dipper 

 collected on the Tularosa River, New Mexico, 

 by Henry Hales (Cat. No. 155157, U.S.N.M.), 

 and is a very interesting example of the har- 

 monizing of bird motives in an irregular 

 space. 



Figure 91 is from a beautiful red bowl of 



superior form and finish. The design, of 



which one repeat is given, has not been 



met with before and appears to be unique. 



The circular designs ma}" be sun shields with 



feathers. (Apache Creek, Cat. No. 232083, 



U.S.N.M. Gift of Mrs. Montague Stevens.) 



Another excellent specimen is in the form 



of a vase with low body and long tubular 



neck, to which is attached a handle. The 



bottom is punched upward. The decoration is in dual designs 



well executed. The paste of this vessel is fine, gray in color, and 



not crackled. (Spur Eanch, Cienaga, Cat. No. 232001, U.S.N.M. 



14278°— Bull. 87—14 5 



Fig. 90. — Design from a dip- 

 per FROM Tularosa River. 



