FEWKES] NAVAHO NATIONAL MONUMENT, ARIZONA 29 
places where these clans halted in their migrations and built pueblos, 
the course of these prehistoric movements may be followed. Com- 
parison of symbols on pottery from northern Arizona with those from 
Black Falls ruins support, so far as they go, the legends that the 
Snake people, who once lived at Wuk6ki near the Black Falls, lived 
also in cliff-houses now ruins near Marsh pass or the White mesa. 
The symbolism indicates the presence of the same clans, and tradition 
is thereby supported. 
CLIFF-DWELLERS CRADLE 
One of the most instructive specimens collected in the Navaho 
National Monument was found by Mr. W. B. Douglass in a ruin desig- 
nated as Cradle House. This object is a cradle made of basket ware, 
open at one end and continued at the opposite end into a biped 
extension to serve for the legs. It is decorated on the outside with an 
Fic. 3. Design on cliff-dwellers cradle. 
archaic geometric ornamentation, the unit design of which is shown in 
the accompanying illustration. This specimen (pls. 19-21) may be 
regarded as one of the finest examples of prehistoric basketry from the 
Southwest; moreover, with one exception, it is the only known cradle 
of this form. A pair of infant’s sandals found with the cradle leaves 
no doubt as to its use, while the character and symbolism of the 
decoration refer it to the ancient cliff-house culture. The design 
(fig. 3) suggests that which characterizes certain specimens of the 
well-known black-and-white pottery found in the San Juan drainage. 
Evidences of long use and repair appear, especially on one side. 
Unfortunately, the specimen, although entire when found, later was 
broken across its middle. 
The only other known cradle of this type was brought to the 
attention of ethnologists by Dr. W J McGee when in charge of the 
