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units are largely contrasted solid and hatched figures. The exterior 

 patterns are either zoomorphic or geometric. The animal (fig. 17, c) 

 and the combined birds, d, appeared on opposite sides of the bowl 

 from which the pattern a was obtained. The tail feathers of the left 

 bird of the combination represented in e joined the lip-line on one 

 bowl and hung downward in the rakish angle shown. Figures f, g, 

 and h are characteristic of the geometric units. A continuous decora- 

 tion was noted in a single case only. 



Fig. 17. — Black-on-white interior and exterior bowl decorations, Pinedale. 



Black-on-rcd. — A true black-on-red was apparently little used 

 although a polychrome on red was common. The sherds of the few 

 black-on-red vessels at hand are probably the by-products of the 

 early stages of the manufacture of polychrome ware. The paint is 

 usually dull and the designs call to mind those found on the orange-red 

 Little Colorado polychrome. 



Black-and-tvhite-on-red. — The polychrome on redware presents a 

 considerable variety of features. Despite the variety, however, the 



