HANDLED BOWLS OF TUSAYAN. 



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or basket, and tbe other bands with their chaste fret-work repeat a 

 section of the body zone. 



Bowls and cups of the hemispherical model are very often supplied 

 with handles. Like other bowls, they are embellished with painted de- 



FlG. 293.— Painted design. 



signs derived from vases or from textile sources. In order of evolution, 

 they probably follow the plain form — the handles being added to facil- 

 itate use. 



The principal varieties of handles have already been described. The 

 bowl illustrated in Fig. 294 is furnished with a single semicircular loop. 



Fig. 294.— Handled bowl: Province of Tusayan. — J. 



In form, finish, and color it is the same as that of the other bowls, and 

 the painted design has a similar derivation and arrangement. 



In the collection we have a flue large red bowl, now in a fragmentary 

 state. It is eleven inches in diameter and six inches deep. A small 

 loop is attached to the outside near the margin. It has a very decided 

 resemblance in color, finish, and ornamentation to the red bowls of the 

 Rio Virgen. The color of both the surface and the mass is a dull red. 

 A broad band of bright red paint encircles the exterior, leaving a plain 



