FORMS OP THE COIL. 



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The whole coil is sometimes left plain, as in Figs. 221 and 222, in 

 which cases the edges have been carefully pressed down and smoothed 

 with the lingers. 



A great variety of devices were resorted to to diversify and decorate 

 the ribbed spirals, and in this the innate good taste of the Indian ex- 



FlG. 221.— Rib-like coil. 



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hibits itself to much advantage. The coil is often indented or crimped 

 throughout, from the center of the bottom to the rim of the vessel. At 

 times a few turns at the beginning are left plain, as shown in Fig. 217, 



Fig. 222. -Kib-like coil. 



Section. 



while again alternate bauds, consisting of several turns each, are not 

 crimped, as clearly brought out by an example from Southern Utah, 

 illustrated in the Art Review for July, 1874, by F. W. Putnam, and also 

 by two fine specimens recently collected by E. W. Nelson near Spring- 

 erville, Arizona. 



The decided taste of this ancient people for ornament is still further 

 indicated by attempts to elaborate more intricate patterns by means of 

 thumbnail indentations. The idea may have been borrowed from bas- 

 ketry. The fragment given in Fig. 223 illustrates the method of pro- 

 cedure. We have some very fine vessels of this class from Springer- 

 ville, and others from the province of Tusayan in which the entire sur- 

 face is covered with checkered or meandered patterns. An excellent 



