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a conventional representation of the i)ir(l topoj^raphy, with a realistic 

 treatment in the modeling of the tail. The small cup, shaped like a 

 teacup (Plate 79, fig. 3), is of thin ware, and the decoration blends 

 with the background in a pleasing manner. Another cup (Plate 79, 

 fig. 5) is of a form found over a wide range of territory in northern 

 New Mexico and Arizona. Two almost identical specimens are found 

 by Dr. Fewkes and the writer at Homolobi. The ware is fine, and 

 the decoration blends softly into the ground. One of the finest pieces 

 is the four-lobed vase (Plate 79, fig. 4), with a pleasing design in deep 

 polished black. A small vase (Plate 79, fig. 2) is also an artistic spec- 

 imen, and the dipper (Plate 79, ^g. 1) is of the customary form. 



Some of the finest examples of coiled ware also come from the Bid- 

 dahoochee region. Plate 80, fig. 3, shows a vase of good workman- 

 ship and a small vase of diversified pattern (Plate 80, figs. 1 and 2). 

 This is the best piece of the kind that has come to my notice. The 

 design is produced by alternate plain and pinched coils beginning at 

 the center of the bottom and extending to the lip, and shows what 

 may be done in the artistic treatment of the coiling. 



A number of stone implements are in this collection. These consist 

 of grooved stone hammers, the material, quartzite (Plate 81, fig. 4), 

 ground axes of basalt (Plate 81, figs. 1 and 2), and chert knives, drills, 

 and arrowheads. 



Ax No. 212,407 (Plate 81, fig. 1) resembles the double-bitted axes 

 from the Jetty to Valley ruins. Ax No. 212,413 (Plate 81, fig. 4) is of 

 fine white crystalline limestone or marble. The specimen is carefully 

 finished and polished. Four scores are cut on the surface near the 

 groove and seven small pits are sunken on the ridge bounding the 

 planes of the cutting end. There is every evidence that the unique 

 specimen was ceremonial in character. The reader is referred to a 

 double-bitted ax of white stone found by Dr. Fewkes and the writer 

 at Chevlon, which also has four scores on the side.'* A bird carved 

 from white stone is also a fine example of stone carving. 

 • Shell objects were quite scarce in the Cottonwood ruins, only a 

 fragment of a pectunculus shell armlet being encountered. Objects 

 of stone and pottery, apparently spindle whorls, are in the collection. 

 A stone disk has pits on either side, showing that boring was in 

 process. 



It is gratifying to be able to contribute one of the links in the chain 

 of Hopi migrations from the Ked land of the south and to add to one 

 of the best pieces of archaeological work ever done in the Southwest. 

 Reference is here made to the explorations of Dr. J. Walter Fewkes 

 in the years 1896 and 1897, when he excavated the sites of the ancient 

 Raincloud and Lizard clans at Chaves Pass, in the Mogollon Moun- 



« Report, Smithsonian Institution, 1896, p. 587, pi. xlvii. 



