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first specimens of this form in the National Museum were collected by 

 Dr. Edward Palmer from an ancient pueblo at St. George, Utah. 

 They are always thin and well made The vessels in form of canteens 

 are also skillfully made and well decorated. (Plate 32, fi^. 5.) They 

 are small to be used for carrying water compared with the canteens in 

 use at present. This form, which is of rather wide distribution, is 

 found in the ruins of the gray and red type in the White Mountains, 

 as well as on the Rio San Juan. 



The bowls of gray ware range from crude specimens with flat bot- 

 tom, straight flaring sides and simple decoration, to those displaying a 

 degree of taste. One of the more interesting bowls has a remarkable 

 design of unknown meaning. (Plate 34, fig. 2.) Another shallow 

 bowl has a decoration representing a horned snake with two heads. 

 (Plate 34, fig. 1.) The design on a third bowl consists of two bands of 

 the bird pattern in waved lines. (Plate 33, fig. 1.) This pattern is 

 found at McDonalds Canyon. (P. 304.) A bowl with precisely drawn 

 decoration shows bird figures in an extreme stage of conventionaliza- 

 tion. (Plate 33, fig. 2). This bowl apparentl}^ has been intentionally 

 bent into its present shape; other bowls so bent have been found in 

 the White Mountain region. A small bowl from this location is the 

 only one having decoration in brown pigment. The vessel is in good 

 condition and resembles Zuni work. Another bowl has a design in. 

 the center of the field in the bottom formed of crossed lines over con- 

 centric circles. This is the only vessel from these ruins bearing sym- 

 bolism in this manner. 



This collection has a number of bird forms in gray ware. (Plate 32.) 

 One ver}^ good specimen (Plate 32, fig. 1) has a loop at the tail of the 

 bird for the passage of a cord; the head of the bird is missing and 

 with this portion the other loop. The arrangement of the decoration 

 into several fields is a conventionalization of the bird topography. 

 The small vase (Plate 32, fig. 4) is interesting as showing both bird 

 form and surface decoration of bird elements. A small rude vase of 

 bird form has a decoration of feathers around the neck. (Plate 31, 

 fig. 3.) Another undeco rated vase is closer to the bird form and bears 

 wings in relief on the sides. (Plate 32, fig. 2.) 



Of the brown ware with polished black interior there is little to say, 

 except that the bowls are distinctly conical. This ware should be con- 

 sidered a variety of red. 



The red ware consists mainly of soft earthenware bowls with polished 

 surface and geometric line decoration on the interior. (Plate 35, fig. 

 1.) The bowls of harder paste have exterior decoration in white (Plate 

 35, figs. 2 and 3) like those of Canyon Butte (see Plate 47). So far 

 as known at present, the distribution of this type of decoration is 

 coincident with the range of tribes of Zuni culture. Thus, specimens 

 have appeared at Kintiel, Navaho Springs, Petrified Forest, Scorse 



