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partly obliterated. While the white pigment may be considered to be 

 of secondary importance in its use as an outliner for the heavier 

 black lines, it was the first to be applied to the vessel surfaces in 

 blocking out the designs and later supplemented with black. 



Designs. — In the ornamentation of Four-mile polychrome, a stylistic 

 divergence is noted from the usual trend of Southwestern pottery. 

 The conventional repetition of elements in orderly zones and the 

 involved interlocking elements noted on some of the lower level pottery 

 are devices of the past. Instead, the field of design is broken up into 

 irregular units and treated with a freedom and boldness previously 

 unknown. In the latest forms, pure geometrical figures give way to 

 conventional adaptations of life forms.' 



Olla decorations. — The several types of ollas are decorated much 

 in the same manner. The neck and a small part of the upper-body are 

 covered with a white slip which is carried well down on the inside of 

 the neck. The white is seldom pebble-polished, hence rough and 

 cracked. The remainder of the body is covered with a red slip and 

 fairly well polished. There are two zones of decoration : (a) the white 

 upper part and neck, and (b) from the lower edge of the white to a 

 point not far below the maximum diameter of the vessel. The designs 

 of the two fields are entirely different. On the white field the elements 

 in black are simple and very often used independently. Crosses (fig. 

 7, a and b)," turkey tracks " {c) , dots, stepped and paired lines (d, c. 

 f, and g) are favorites. Elements represented in figure 7, h, i. and /, 

 are appended to a continuous band placed just below the rim. The sec- 

 ond field of design with patterns in black and white on red is a broad 

 horizontal band bordered above and below with heavy black lines (pi. 

 II, a, b, c, and d). It is divided into panels by broad black lines or 

 otherwise divided ofl' into recurrent units. Wliite is used as a 

 complementary color to the black. The design elements are essentially 

 the same as those occurring in bowls, which are described later. 



Bowls. — Decoration was applied to both interiors and exteriors of 

 bowls, the principal design being on the inside. A very constant 

 feature of inner decoration is a black band, 7 to | inch in width, 

 placed immediately below the rim. It is invariably bordered by a 

 narrow white line on the lower side only. In the majority of cases 

 this band completely encircles the bowl. Where interruptions were 

 made, the white lines are continued around the ends of the black band 

 and extended upwards to the rim. The persistent occurrence of 

 this rim-band, even in bowls where the rest of the interior was left 



' For color plates see Fewkes, J. W., 1904, pis. XXV and XXVI. 



