NO. 8 DESIGN'S ON MIMBRES POTTERY — FEWKES 1 7 



Figures 73 and 74 are characteristic designs not found among 

 pueblos. 



The design on figure 75 is an intricate serrate figure surrounding 

 a central circle that is devoid of decoration. The two regions of the 

 zone about the central figure are different ; on one side we have three 

 points of a star; on the other bars and hachures. 



The design shown in figure 76 is a central white circular zone with 

 projecting points of an irregular star around which is a meander 

 of white lines with black background, in four zones, each zone remotely 

 like the others. 



Figure "jj has zigzag lines surrounding a central circle without 

 decoration. There are rain-cloud designs which can best be seen by 

 examining the figure. 



In figures 78 the design is composed of zigzag and other figures 

 surrounding a central undecorated circle. 



Figure 79 shows a design on a black background made up of 

 zigzags, rectangles, and hachured triangles surrounding a central 

 undecorated zone. 



Figure 80 recalls pueblo designs but is strictly characteristic of the 

 Mimbres. 



Figure 81 is an unusual geometric pattern in which hachures and 

 white zigzag lines predominate. 



In figure 82, representing a design from the Black Mountain ruin, 

 we notice the main dift'erences between Gila and Mimbres designs. 

 This bowl is made of red ware and has a yellow interior on which 

 are painted a solid black circular rim and white squares with black 

 dots. 



In order to show how much tbe designs on Gila Valley pottery 

 diflfer from those of the Mimbres A^alley the author has introduced 

 figure 82 from the Black Mountain ruin not far from Deming. This 

 ruin was settled by colonists from the Gila Valley and in its mounds 

 are also found other specimens of Gila Valley pottery as well as that 

 characteristic of Casas Grandes, specimens of which are also shown 

 in subsequent figures. 



The design (fig. 83) consists of a number of zigzag bands radiating 

 from the center. 



Each of the designs (fig. 84) can be reduced to a quadrangular body 

 the margins of which have rows of triangles. 



The design on figure 85 is stellate, in which the white is brought 

 out into a negative picture by a decorative black base. The design is not 

 symmetrical and is characteristic. 



