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SMITIISONIAX MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 78 



One of the most exceptional ft)rms of balden I'ueblo pottery is an 

 efifigy vessel here placed under the black on white ware and shown in 

 figure 226. This specimen was found u]:)on the pelvis of what appeared 

 to be a priest, as shown in figure 212. It is a most remarkable piece of 

 prehistoric pottery, especially when it is l)orne in mind that it is made 

 of archaic black and white ware and must therefore be very old. Its 

 purpose is unknown, but it may have been a receptacle for medicine 

 liquid employed in ancient rites and ceremonies. It was evidently 



Fig. 226. — Vessel of black and white ware in the form of an unknown 

 animal probably used in carrying medicine or sacred meal in ceremonies. 

 Length 8i", height 61". 



carried by a cord forming a handle attached to a perforated ridge 

 between the stumps of horns or ears and to a similar ridge at the 

 posterior end of the back. 



It is not possible to identify what animal this effigy was intended 

 to represent but it was a quadruped with divided hoofs at the extremi- 

 ties of short and stumpy legs, three of which are partially broken. 

 The mouth is wide open and the head bears between the eyes and near 

 the two ears the broken remnants of two horns. The body is almost 

 globular in shape and is covered with designs in which sun emblems 

 predominate. The designs repeat several times a circle with short 



