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POTTERY OF THE ANCIENT PUEBLOS. 



The indenting was not always done with the thumb or finger-tips, but 

 a variety of implements were used. The vase, of which Fig. 22S shows 

 a small fragment, had a figure worked upon it by indenting the soft 

 coils with a sharp implement. 



The coil ridges were sometimes worked down into more regular forms 

 by means of an implement and were left plain or were interrupted by 

 transverse lines. Lines of nail marking are shown in Fig. 229. These 

 lines are occasionally combined in rude patterns. 



Fig. 229. — Nail markings. 



Fig. 230— Incised lines 



In the specimen illustrated in Fig. 230, incised lines are drawn across 

 the ridges of the coil. 



Other varieties of ornament. — I have already remarked that cer- 

 tain styles of decoration are confined to somewhat definite geographic 



limits. In the ancient Pueblo district 

 we find that painted designs and coil 

 ornaments are co-extensive, while 

 within this area there are but rare 

 examples of incised designs, stamped 

 figures, or cord-marking. We find 

 basket indentations, but these are in 

 all cases the accidents of manufacture. 

 The coil has often been laid upon the 

 inner surface of a basket. 



The fragment shown in Fig. 231 

 was picked up on the site of an an- 

 cient Pueblo village near Abiquiu, 

 New Mexico. It is a portion of the 

 neck and upper part of the body of a small vase which was covered 

 by a simple pattern of intaglio lines, produced with a bone or wooden 

 stylus. 



Ornaments in relief, aside from the coil and forms resulting directly 

 from its use, were sparingly employed and are of comparatively little 

 interest. They consist of straight, curved, or crimped fillets, applied 

 to the surface of the vessel as shown in Fig. 232. Additional exam- 

 ples are given in Figs. 233, 234, and 235. 



Fig. 231.— Incised pattern. 



