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A small dipper with animal handle (Plate TO, fig. 1) has a design on 

 the interior representing corn. Another dipper with animal handle 

 is shown (Plate 70, fig. 2). A cup of fine yellow ware (Plate 70, fig. 8) 

 has an unskillfuUy drawn decoration on the body. The design seems 

 to be the four- bird symbol arranged in a band. The small bowl with 

 handle (Plate 70, fig. 4) is a fine specimen, exhibiting a geometric 

 design margined with white. It has also marks in sets of three on 

 the rim, a feature often seen on vessels from the southern side of the 

 basin of the Little Colorado and in ruins in other localities yielding 

 gray or red ware. 



Five interesting vases are shown on Plates 71, 72, and 73. Plate 69, 

 fig. 1, is decorated with conventional birds, and the second figure 

 bears the four-bird s3^mbol. Vase (Plate 72, fig. 1), has a decoration of 

 unknown meaning; the design is margined with white. The remain- 

 ing vase (Plate 72, fig. 2) is a beautiful specimen of lemon-yellow 

 color, with elegant geometric decoration. In shape this vase is like 

 the best specimens from Sikyatki and Jetty to Valley. The vases from 

 these ruins are generally of inferior shape to those from the Hopi ruins 

 to the north. A large vase (Plate 73), of rich orange color, from the 

 Cottonwood ruins, bears a geometric design in which hachure is 

 employed. 



Three unique bowls of red ware belong to this collection. The paste 

 is dark on fractured edges, but where it is exposed to the fire it burns 

 to a pure brick color. The largest bowl (Plate 74) is decorated on the 

 interior, consisting of three segments outlining a trefoil area in the 

 bottom of the bowl. The exterior walls of the bowl are decorated 

 with frets of narrow white lines, as on the specimen from Stone Axe. 

 (See Plate 62, fig. 2.) The interior decoration is in dark green enamel. 

 Another bowl (Plate 75, fig. 2) has the interior covered with white 

 kaolin slip, and on this ground were painted interlocking frets in 

 bright green enamel. The exterior is red, with a maze fret design 

 in narrow white lines. In one section the space between the lines is 

 filled with green enamel. The bowl is a brilliant specimen of poly- 

 chrome ware. The third bowl (Plate 75, fig. 1) is one of the most 

 artistic specimens of ancient American ceramics known to the writer. 

 It shows remarkable taste in its design and execution. The bowl is 

 bright red in color; the special feature of its decoration is a zone 

 of white around the walls of the interior. On this band is painted a 

 key design of serrated hooked figures (birds) in green enamel. The 

 center of the bottom is a field of red. The exterior of the bowl also 

 has lozenge designs in narrow lines of white. The field of the lozenge 

 is crossed by vertical lines, in turn crossed by short bars. 



White ware, — Another remarkable group oiware was found in the 

 Cottonwood ruins. This consists of two bowls and two vases of fine 



