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Figure 103 shows the same design repeated on the same vessel, this 

 section of it being applied to the rim. The bird symbol is gradined 



Fig. 104. — Design from a vase from 

 Spur Ranch. 



Fig. 103. — Design from a vase from 

 TuLAROSA River. 



and repeated in black, slightly 



different in form, below. 



(Tularosa Kiver, New Mexico. 



Collected by Henry Hales, Cat. 



No. 155127, U.S.N.M.) 

 Figure 104. This shows a 



very simplified treatment of 



the bird figures in dual design and was applied to the long, tubular 



neck of a vase from Spur Ranch, Luna, New Mexico, Cat. No. 



232001, U.S.N.M. 



Figure 105. This design oc- 

 curs somewhat frequently on 

 gray pottery of this region. 

 It appears to be a design 

 based upon birds, but does 

 not follow either the con- 

 ventional or artistic rules of 

 such designs. It may be de- 

 scribed as a rain - and - cloud 



design. (From a vase, Apache Creek, Tularosa River, New Mexico, 



Cat. No. 245772, U.S.N.M.) 



Figure 106. This pleas- 

 ing and artistic design is 



based upon four birds, the 



key symbol of which oc- 

 curs in the center of the 



gradine squares. For a very 



interesting working out of 



this design, see figure 85. 



(From body of vase, upper 



San Francisco River, New Mexico, 



No. 114870, U.S.N.M.) 



Fig. 105. 



-Design from a vase from 

 Apache Crhek. 



Pig. 106. 



-Design from a vase from San 

 Francisco River. 



Collected by E. W. Nelson, Cat. 



