326 POTTERY OF THE ANCIENT PUEBLOS. 



marginal band of the ground color and a plain area of the same upon 

 the bottom. The painted design, which covers the inner surface is 

 shown in Fig. 295. We discover in it at first sight a type to all appear- 



Fig. 295. — Painted design. 



ances totally distinct from the usual devices of this locality, but a closer 

 study reveals the existence of the favorite motive — the meander- — 

 doubled up across the middle in a way to challenge detection, with the 

 ever-present auxiliary baud above and below. The curiously complex 

 and very pleasing ornament is amplified in Fig. 296. 



Fig. 296. — Original form of painted design. 



One small cup or bowl has two ears, not semicircular, but rectangu- 

 lar, which are placed horizontally and project in sharp points at the 

 corners. 



The neat little vessel given in Fig. 297 has a much elongated hori- 

 zontal loop, carelessly made and rudely attached. The bowl is hand- 

 somely finished. The margin is ornamented with a series of closely 

 placed transverse lines or dots, a character appearing more frequently 

 in the northern ware. The interior design is made up of four independ- 

 ent parts as usual. 



The cup presented in Fig. 29S serves to illustrate another variety of 

 handle — a large vertical loop, extending from rim to base, like those on 

 the upright cups given in Figs. 287 and 288. The paste is very fine 



