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  ANNUAL 
  KEPOKT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1922. 
  

  

  lias 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  improve 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  vessel 
  by 
  applica- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  a 
  slip 
  or 
  surface 
  wash. 
  

  

  Handles 
  are 
  present 
  on 
  five 
  of 
  the 
  eight 
  pots 
  in 
  this 
  series. 
  In 
  

   one 
  specimen 
  (pi. 
  7, 
  fig. 
  3) 
  a 
  single 
  handle, 
  consisting 
  of 
  three 
  rolls 
  

   of 
  clay 
  pressed 
  together, 
  was 
  attached 
  horizontally 
  at 
  the 
  shoulder; 
  

   in 
  another 
  instance 
  (pi. 
  5, 
  fig. 
  1) 
  a 
  handle 
  of 
  similar 
  construc- 
  

   tion 
  connects 
  the 
  shoulder 
  with 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  orifice. 
  Two 
  vessels 
  

   (pi. 
  7, 
  fig. 
  2, 
  and 
  pi. 
  5, 
  fig. 
  la) 
  are 
  provided 
  with 
  flattened 
  lugs, 
  

   attached 
  to 
  opposite 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  rim, 
  whose 
  under 
  surfaces 
  are 
  

   gently 
  curved 
  to 
  fit 
  the 
  finger. 
  Dissimilar 
  handles 
  occur 
  on 
  the 
  fifth 
  

   specimen 
  (pi. 
  5, 
  fig. 
  Id) 
  , 
  a 
  thin, 
  flat 
  lug 
  1£ 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  five-eighths 
  

   inch 
  wide 
  being 
  attached 
  vertically 
  just 
  below 
  the 
  rim 
  on 
  one 
  side, 
  

   while 
  its 
  opposite 
  is 
  a 
  round 
  lug 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  downward 
  curve. 
  

   The 
  latter 
  handle, 
  now 
  largely 
  missing, 
  probably 
  came 
  to 
  a 
  blunt 
  

   point 
  about 
  three-fourths 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  from 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  vessel. 
  It 
  

   should 
  be 
  noted 
  that 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  cooking 
  pot 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  

   whose 
  outer 
  surface 
  is 
  plain, 
  the 
  usual 
  broad 
  neckbands 
  having 
  been 
  

   entirely 
  effaced. 
  

  

  Three 
  earthenware 
  ladles 
  (pi. 
  5, 
  figs. 
  2 
  and 
  3), 
  15 
  restored 
  from 
  

   fragments 
  gathered 
  at 
  this 
  site, 
  are 
  so 
  interesting 
  as 
  to 
  merit 
  brief 
  

   description. 
  In 
  both 
  form 
  and 
  ornamentation 
  they 
  are 
  quite 
  unlike. 
  

   The 
  smallest 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  has 
  a 
  round 
  bowl 
  and 
  a 
  handle 
  which 
  is 
  

   slightly 
  convex 
  both 
  above 
  and 
  below; 
  the 
  bowl 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  is 
  

   somewhat 
  oval 
  in 
  appearance, 
  due 
  chiefly 
  to 
  its 
  open 
  or 
  concave 
  

   handle. 
  18 
  This 
  second 
  specimen 
  is 
  still 
  further 
  unique 
  in 
  that 
  the 
  

   near 
  right-hand 
  quarter 
  of 
  the 
  bowl 
  rim 
  (as 
  held 
  in 
  the 
  hand) 
  is 
  

   one-half 
  inch 
  (1.27 
  cm.) 
  lower 
  than 
  the 
  remainder. 
  The 
  third 
  ladle 
  

   differs 
  from 
  the 
  other 
  two 
  both 
  in 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  its 
  bowl, 
  which 
  is 
  

   considerably 
  wider 
  than 
  it 
  is 
  long, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  its 
  thick 
  

   handle 
  (flat 
  on 
  top 
  and 
  convex 
  below) 
  is 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  bowl 
  one- 
  

   half 
  inch 
  below 
  the 
  rim 
  of 
  the 
  latter. 
  Perhaps 
  as 
  an 
  additional 
  deco- 
  

   rative 
  feature 
  half 
  of 
  this 
  upstanding 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  rim 
  has 
  been 
  

   cut 
  away 
  in 
  a 
  shallow 
  curve, 
  clearly 
  shown 
  in 
  plate 
  5, 
  figure 
  2. 
  

   Each 
  of 
  these 
  three 
  ladles 
  is 
  decorated 
  with 
  black 
  paint 
  over 
  a 
  

   whitish 
  slip 
  applied 
  to 
  both 
  inner 
  and 
  outer 
  surfaces; 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  

   and 
  third 
  specimens 
  a 
  thin 
  black 
  line 
  has 
  been 
  drawn 
  around 
  the 
  

   rim 
  edge. 
  

  

  Two 
  additional 
  earthenware 
  objects 
  from 
  this 
  second 
  Chaco 
  Can- 
  

   yon 
  pit 
  house 
  should 
  be 
  mentioned. 
  One 
  of 
  these 
  (fig. 
  4) 
  is 
  a 
  pipe 
  

   made 
  apparently 
  from 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  handle 
  of 
  a 
  gourd-shaped 
  

   bottle. 
  17 
  Both 
  ends 
  have 
  been 
  rubbed 
  smooth; 
  the 
  hole 
  at 
  the 
  bit 
  

  

  16 
  The 
  only 
  complete 
  specimen 
  is 
  5i 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  2J 
  inches 
  wide 
  (14.2 
  by 
  6.98 
  cm.) 
  

  

  18 
  So 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  author 
  is 
  aware 
  this 
  type 
  of 
  ladle 
  handle, 
  so 
  closely 
  associated 
  with 
  the 
  

   culture 
  of 
  Pueblo 
  Bonito, 
  has 
  not 
  previously 
  been 
  noted 
  from 
  pit 
  houses. 
  

  

  17 
  See 
  Morris: 
  33d 
  An. 
  Rep., 
  Bur. 
  Amer. 
  Ethnol., 
  fig. 
  5, 
  p. 
  197. 
  

  

  