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POTTERY OP THE ANCIENT PUEBLOS. 



Among the many fine things from the mound at Saint George are a 

 few red bowls. They were made of a slightly reddish clay, or the paste 

 has reddened uniformly in burning, and a slip or wash of bright red 



Fie. 2CG. — Bowl with buuiau figures: Tumulus at Saint George. — ]. 



color has been applied to the surface. The designs are painted iu black, 

 but differ in style from any of the preceding. This work corresponds 



Fit;. 267.— Painted design. 



very closely indeed with the decorations of similar vessels from the 

 Little Colorado. The marked peculiarities of tho ornamentation and 



Fig. 2G8. — Bowl with huujau figures: Province of Tusayan. — $. 



color of these bowls give rise to the idea that they may have been in- 

 tended for some especial service of a ceremonial character. It is not 



