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POTTERY OF THE ANCIENT PUEBLOS. 



end of a single strip between his fingers and proceeded to coil it upon 

 itself, gradually forming a disk, as shown in Fig. 217, which represents 

 the base of a large vase from the San Juan Valley. 



At first the fillets overlapped only a little, but as the disk grew large 

 and was rounded upward to form the body of the vessel, the imbrica- 

 tion became more pronounced. The fillet was placed obliquely, as shown 



Fig. 218.— Section of coil-made vessel. 



in the section, Fig. 218, and was exposed on the exterior side to probably 

 one-half of its width. Strip after strip of clay was added, the ends 



