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ARCHEOLOGY OF MIMBRES VALLEY FEVVKES 



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unknown among Indians. The only theory the author has formed 

 regarding this geometrical figure is that it is a variant of the 

 Sikyatki habit of accompanying a figure of an animal with a repre 

 sentation of his shrine. This bowl is of black and white ware and is 

 eleven inches in diameter by five and one-half inches deep. 



Antelope. There are two 1 figures of an animal with branching 

 horns, 2 supposed to be an antelope, an animal formerly common in 

 Mimbres Valley. In one of these (fig. 19) the head is held downward 

 as if the animal were feeding; in the other (fig. 20) the neck is 



FIG. 20. Antelope. Osborn Ruin. Diam. 10&quot;. 



extended. A pair of markings on the neck are identical with those 

 on pictures of the antelope still painted on modern pottery made by 

 the Zuni. A band, resembling a checkerboard, is drawn across the 

 body of one ; on the other are parallel lines. 



Another figure referred to as an antelope appears to represent a 

 young fawn, since, while it has all the characteristics of this animal, 



1 In addition to the figure with the hunters which is probably a deer, as it 

 has not the antelope marks on the neck. 



2 These horns are represented on a plane at right angles to that in which 

 they naturally lie. 



