ANCIENT PUEBLOS OF UPPER GILA REGION. 



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doubt the specimen was originally decorated and repainted each time 

 it was used in ceremony, following the usages of the present Pueblos 

 as to cult objects. This fine specimen was collected 

 by E. W. Nelson. (Cat. No. 98228, U.S.N.M.) 



Another cloud blower of this type 

 is of brown tufa and is in good pres- 

 ervation. (Fig. 

 253.) It was found 

 in the Martin ruin 

 at Blue, Arizona, 



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Fig. 253. — Clodd 

 blowek from 

 Blue. 



Fig. 254, — Cloud 

 blower from 

 UPPER San Fran- 

 cisco River. 



Fig. 255. — Cloud 



BLOWER from 



Arizona. 



Fig. 252, — Cloud 



blower from 

 UPPER San Fran- 

 cisco River, 



(Cat. No. 596. 

 Gates collection. 

 Diameter, 2^ 

 inches; length, 



6^ inches.) One of tufa (fig. 

 254) has a shorter terminal than 

 usual. The specimen is well finished. (Collected 

 at Alma, New Mexico, by E. W. Nelson. Cat. No. 

 109794, U,S,N,M. Diameter, 2^ inches; length, 5^ 

 inches.) A specimen of excellent form (fig. 255) is also of tufa. 

 Its exact locality is not known but it belongs with the specimens de- 

 scribed. (Cat, No, 216172, U,S.N,M, 

 Arizona, Collected by C, A. Deane,) 

 A rude specimen of tufa, painted red, 

 is constricted at the upper end (fig, 

 256) apparently combining the col- 

 lar and groove, (Cat, No, 231902, 

 U,S.N.M. Spur Ranch, Luna, New 

 Mexico. Diameter, 2^ inches ; length, 

 5 inches.) A plain specimen of large 

 diameter of tufa, painted red, is 

 shown in figure 257. (Cat. No. 98226, 

 U.S.N.M. Upper San Francisco 

 River, New Mexico, Collected by 

 E. W. Nelson. Diameter, 3^ inches; length, 8 

 inches.) A large specimen of the collar type was 

 found in a ceremonial room of the Spur Ranch ruin. It is of 

 coarse tufa and was painted red. (Fig. 258.) Only half of the 

 14278°— Bull. 87—14 9 



Fig. 256. — Cloud 

 blower from 

 Spur Ranch. 



Fig. 257. — Cloud 

 blower from 

 UPPER San Fran- 

 cisco River. 



