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band of geometric pattern around the side leaving a circular field in the 



bottom. This pattern is made up of bird forms. The bowl is ovatein 

 outline. 13 inches in diameter and 6^ inches deep. The pigment has 

 burnt to a soft dark brown. A second bowl (Plate 24, fig, 1), also ovate 

 in outline, has a series of frets of derivative bird forms and lines of 

 hour-glass figures which are also a conventionalized form of two birds 

 placed feet together with heads in opposite direction. The design is 

 arranged in four wedge-shaped areas leaving a square field in the bot- 

 tom of the bowl. This bowl is 13 inches in longest diameter and 5f 

 inches deep. Another bowl (Plate 25, tig. 2) of large size bears on the 

 interior a bold and striking design of interlocking hooks arising from 

 pyramidal bases. These are birds and the effect is to produce a run- 

 ning key pattern outlined in black. The design, like that of Plate 24, 

 tig. 1, if in four wedge-shaped sections outlining a square held in the 

 bottom of the vessel. The color used is a rich, glossy black; the speci- 

 men is fresh and in perfect condition (diameter, 11^ inches; height, 

 6 inches). Still another large bowl (Plate 25, fig. 1) from this group 

 of ruins belongs with similar specimens from the north. Almost identi- 

 cal pieces were found at Scorse Ranch (see p. 308), and W. H. Holmes 

 figures one from Tusayan." It is more than probable that this splendid 

 bowl was secured by barter from the people of lower Le Roux Wash. 

 The arrangement of the design is like that of the last-described bowl 

 and the outline is more symmetrical. Several other gray bowls show 

 resourcefulness and manual skill in decoration that mark all the speci- 

 mens from this locality. Gray vases of good form, with handles, are 

 next in frequency after the bowls. These comprise the list of forms in 

 gray ware. The vases are of different sizes from very small to those 

 holding upward of a quart. The small vases are as carefully decorated 

 as the larger and it is probable that they are connected with ceremonial 

 usuages as the little sacred water vases of the Hopi. 



Attention may be called to a vase of excellent form and decoration. 

 (Plate 26, tig. 2.) The design is made up of horizontal bands inclosing 

 two running scrolls; the motive, birds with interlocking beaks. Four 

 groups of four vertical lines are arranged on the rim, resembling the 

 Pueblo rain symbol. The black pigment has a remarkable luster, 

 unlike that of any specimen known to the writer. A vase, probably 

 of idealized bird form, was taken from these ruins. (Plate 26, fig. 1.) 

 The surface design in red-brown has become obscured by weathering, 

 but enough remains to show that it represents feathers. 



The red ware consists principally of small bowls and dippers of fri- 

 able paste. The surface is polished and decorated with geometric 

 designs. The small canteen (Plate 21), tig. 1) is a beautiful object from 



' Pottery of the Ancient Pueblos, Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Amer- 

 ican Ethnologj . ) i. 323. 



