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SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I926 



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from the middle Little Colorado valley. While the black decoration 

 on white is mainly geometric, some of the designs are very intricate 

 and beautiful. No realistic and few conventionalized figures ap- 

 pear. Decoration appears on the inside of food bowls and ladles 

 (figs. 221 to 224), but are confined to the outside of vases (fig. 225), 

 ollas, jars, and seed bowls. Many of the designs are modifications 

 of the swastika or of the friendship sign. There are no ornamental 

 figures on the outside of bowls and generally no broken lines. The 



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-Decorations on two black and white vases. 



bowls are hemispherical in shape, generally thick walled with square, 

 round, or outcurved lips. In the last-mentioned, the outcurved inner 

 rim when broad enough is decorated with simple designs dififering 

 from those of the body of the bowl. 



The globular vessels of black and white ware called seed bowls 

 are represented in the collection by several specimens, all highly dec- 

 orated with scroll, frets, and other designs. These seed bowls are 

 sometimes designated as globular vessels. They do not always contain 

 seeds, for two specimens of red ware are filled with red and green 

 pigments. 



