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BULLETIN 87, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



A very interesting offering consists of a miniature coiled bowl 

 of red-brown ware with polychrome decoration in red, white, 

 and black, applied moist on the baked pottery (fig, 135 «), the de- 

 sign, birds with interlocking bills and chevrons of still more con- 





FIG. 314. 



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-Pottery offering with painted design from Beak Creek Cave. 



ventionalized bird forms. The detail of the design is given in fig- 

 ure 315 h. This striking bit of pottery, Avhich evidences the aesthetic 

 taste of its maker, is the first of its kind to be described, and it was not 

 known previously that ancient Pueblo pottery was ever decorated in 



Fig. 316. — Design on pottery offering 

 FROM Bear Creek Cave. 



this manner. The hole in the middle 

 of the bottom appears to have been 

 formed at the time the vessel was 

 made. (Cat. No. 232258, U.S.N.M.) 

 A design on a pottery offering is 

 shown in figure 316. The specimen 

 is of delicate coil, accurately finished red-brown ware decorated in 

 black water color, the design, apparently bird forms, applied in 

 overlapping or puzzle series. This offering was secured to its paho 

 rod as in several preceding figures. (Cat. No. 232259, U.S.N.M.) 



Fig. 315. — Pottery offering with 

 painted design from Bear Creek 

 Cave. 



