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Another decoration, shown in Figs. 11, 12, 13, may here be mentioned. It is undoubtedly an 

 animal figure which in textiles and basketry has beeii necessarily conventionalized into a figure 



FIG. 11. Oruamcutal zone oil water jar from Los Muertos. 



bounded by straight lines, and from the woven forms transferred, more or less modified, in paint 

 to the pottery. It is common on both the ancient and modern pottery of our southwestern laud 

 of ruins, and is frequently seen in the cloths of ancient Peru. (See Fig. 14.) 



Fio. 12. Symbolic decoration in white-bordered black, adapted from ornamental zone on water 

 jar of red slip ware from Los Muertoa. 



The articles of personal adornment which remain are principally of shell and consist of rings, 

 bracelets, pendants, etc. Some of these were ornamented with geometrical designs and inlaid 



FIG. 13 Medium sized eating bowl of red slip ware, with white-bordered black paint decoration, From 

 Halonawaii, one of the ancient seven cities of Cibola. 



with turquois and other precious or semiprecious stones. Sea shells carved in the form of a frog 

 were common and one or two of these frog images were beautifully inlaid with turquois and other 



