318 



POTTERY OF THE ANCIENT PUEBLOS. 



from textile ornamentation in which all oblique lines are necessarily 

 stepped. 



Fig. 276.— Painted design. 



Handled cups. — Small cups were generally furnished with handles 

 and probably served as ladles and spoons. An entire specimen is rarely 

 found. Two are illustrated in Figs. 277 and 278. They were obtained 

 by W. H. Jackson from the ruins of Montezuma Canon. The handles 

 of these vessels vary a great deal; some are flat, while others are round, 

 consisting" either of a single or a looped roll of clay ; some are hollow, 



Figs. 277 and 278.— Handled eups: Montezuma Canon. — J. 



resembling the handles of gourds, and a few are made of twisted fillets. 



This latter form belongs generally to upright cups. 

 Ollas. — It is quite impossible to make satisfactory restorations of 



the vases or ollas from the small fragments recovered. The evidence is 



sufficient, however, to show that 

 vessels of this class were numer- 

 ous, and often large. I have 

 made two restorations of small 

 examples belonging to this class, 

 of which there are fragments 

 showing the neck and upper 

 part of the bodies. Tbe bot- 

 toms are so universally rounded 

 that I have drawn full globular 

 shapes; Figs. 279 and 280. The 

 most striking character of Fig. 

 279 is the shape of the rim, 

 which is fashioned for the re- 

 ception of a lid. The same fea- 



FlG. 279.— Vase: Rio San Juan. 



tare is noticed in a small vessel obtained at Zimi. 



