270 POTTERY OF THE ANCIENT PUEBLOS. 



The vegetable world furnishes many originals; the gourd, for example, 

 was utilized at a very early date. Its forms are greatly varied, and 



Fig. 210. — Origin of forms 



must have given rise to many primitive shapes of vessels in clay, and 

 perhaps in wicker-work and wood. One of the ordinary forms cut off 



Fig. 211.— Origin of forms. 



midway would suggest the series of bowls outlined in Fig. 210. Simply 

 perforated it would give rise to the series illustrated in Fig. 211. 



Fig. 212.— Origin of forms. 



Wide-mouthed vases would be suggested as indicated in Fig. 212, 

 bottles as shown in Fig. 213, and eccentric forms as seen in Fig. 214. 



Fig. 213.— Origin of forms. 



Fig. 214. — Origin of forms. 



These particular examples are presented in illustration of the manner 

 in which forms may be derived and nothing more, as there are many 



