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POTTERY OF THE ANCIENT PUEBLOS. 



of tbe bowl, giving a most striking result. These figures appear to 

 be fragments of continuous borders, taken from their proper connec- 

 tions and made to do duty on a surface that had ordinarily been left 



without decoration. This observa- 

 tion has led to the proper inter- 

 pretation of many enigmatic combi- 

 nations at first thought to have 

 especial application and signifi- 

 cance. 



The handsome shallow bowl pre- 

 sented in Fig. 260 has been badly 

 broken and carefully mended while 

 still in the hands of its aboriginal 

 owners. It is ten and one-half in- 

 ches in diameter, and only three 

 and three-fourths inches in depth. 

 The surface finish is identical with 

 that of the preceding example. The 

 design, which consists of a single segment of a chain of fret-work, is 

 drawn in broad, steady lines. Fig. 261. 



Not unlike the last in its leading features is the vessel illustrated in 

 Fig. 262. The label indicates that it was collected at Kanab, Utah, a 

 Mormon village ninety miles east of Saint George. The design is carried 

 over the whole inner surface, and is somewhat difficult to analyze. 

 There is little doubt, however, that it consists of portions of fretted or 

 meandered patterns arbitrarily selected from basketry or other geomet- 



ric. 261.— Painted devil- 



ries. 'JG2-— Bowl fioui Kanab.— J. 



rically embellished articles, and applied to this use. The complete 

 device is shown in Fig. 263. 



The following examples are unique in their styles of decoration. The 

 first, Fig. 264, resembles the preceding save in its painted device. Like 

 a few others, it has been badly fractured and carefully mended by its 

 Indian owners. It was obtained also at Kanab, and is nine inches in 



