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grained, and breaks with a conchoidal fracture. The color is gray and 

 the paint reddish from the firing. The bottom is flat, a rare occurrence 

 in the more archaic pottery. The painted design is based upon the 



Flo. 297.— Handled cup: Province of Tusayan. -J. 



meander, and occupies nearly the entire exterior surface of the cup. 

 Ths handle has two bird-track shaped figures on its outer surface. 



Fig. 298.— Handled cup : Province of Tusayan. — J. 



Vessels with long cylindrical handles are distributed over a very 

 extended district, but in Tusayan they are of a better class of ware than 

 elsewhere. Here the handles are long and stout and frequently tenni- 



Fig. 299. — Dipper : Province of Tusayan. — ^. 



nate in a loop, probably intended for the attachment of a cord. The 

 bowl is often graceful in form and tasteful in ornament. One of the 

 finer examples is illustrated in Fig. 299. It is of the chalky ware, and 

 has a very good surface finish. The handle is one iuch in diameter 

 and five inches long. It is hollow and terminates in a narrow loop. It 

 is decorated with two groups of spirally inclined lines. The interior 

 decoration of the bowl furnishes a most excellent example of the cru- 



