'22 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 8l 



On the sherds that are buried the white shp is not crazed, but where 

 the sherds have been lying exposed on the ground, there appears to 

 have been a deterioration and crazing has taken place in var}"ing 

 degree, depending probably on the length of time they have been 

 exposed and on weather conditions. 



Xo hard and fast rule seems to have been followed as to the zones 

 of decoration. In the bowls the percentage of decoration on the ex- 

 terior is practically the same as on the interior. This of course applies 

 only to bowls : ollas are decorated only on the outside. 



As far as could be determined from the rim fragments found, tlie 

 rims were so thin that they could not be decorated. Xo dots, ticks, or 

 zigzag lines were found on the rims ; in many cases the exterior as 

 well as the interior decorations extended to the rim. Xo out-turned 

 rims were found. 



Decorations of banded lines occur, but are not common. The usual 

 arrangement of such designs is a broad band at the top and bottom. 



Fig. ~. — Animal figure on porterv. 



with three or four thinner lines between these. The paste of the black 

 on white ware is usually hard and homogeneous. Little \-ariation in 

 color can be noted in the cross section of a sherd. 



The following quotation from Dr. Kidder's notes on the black on 

 white ware of Pecos is interesting for comparison : 



Slip-color ranges from light to dark gray, verj- rarely purely white [good 

 white about "^z P^r cent at Taos] : it is applied to the interior of the bowls 

 in a relatively heavy coat ; to the exterior usually as a thin wash, occasionally 

 as a hea^T coat rarely omitted altogether. Slip often cracked, particularly 

 when it is applied hearily on the exterior. Finish of the interior even but never 

 glossy: of exterior much rougher. Xo specimen with corrugated or basket 

 marked exterior observed. [Note difference in Taos basket marks.] 



Omamentation-pigmem dull black, usually of slat>- cast. Zones, interior of 

 bowls exceedingly rare. [Xote difference from Taos potten..] Straight bowl 

 rims usually plain, occasionally dotted; out-curved rims bear ticks or more 

 commonly zigzag lines. The main ornament appears to have been in the form 

 of a broad band encircling the interior of the bowl and learing small blank 

 spaces in the bottom. Bands framed above and below by single heavy lines 

 t" X " Plate \\\. Figure 7) ; less commonly by one heav\- line with a series 



