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POTTEKY OF THE ANCIENT PUEBLOS. 



the design drawn in black is shown in Fig. 305. The meander is de- 

 veloped in the white color of the ground, and consists of two charm- 

 ingly varied threads running side by side through a field of black, 

 bordered by heavy black lines. The involute ends of the units are con- 

 nected by two minute auxiliary scrolls. 



Bowls heretofore referred to as heart-shaped are of frequent occur- 

 rence in the valley of the Little Colorado. A number have been ob- 

 tained by the Bureau of Ethnology directly from the Pueblo Indians, 

 while a few very superior specimens are in the collection of Mr. Keam. 

 A somewhat globular example is represented in Fig. 306. 



It is remarkable in having four zones of devices. The narrow belt next 

 the lip contains a single line of bird-track figures. The others exhibit 

 simple forms of the meander. It is interesting to notice the variety 



Fig. 30U. — Heart-shaped bowl : Provinco of Tusayan.— k. 



of treatment. In the upper band we have a chain of units imperfectly 

 connected. In the others there are series of triangular links quite 

 disconnected from each other. All are defined in white by painting in 

 a ground of black. 



This district has furnished tew vessels of more exquisite form and dec- 

 oration than that shown in Fig. 307. It is from the Keam collection. 

 The outlines are exceptionally symmetrical, and the design, developed 

 in the white of the ground, is drawn with more than usual care. The 

 figures are severely simple, however, and comprise but one motive — the 

 typical scroll, which is arranged in three zones, separated by parallel 

 lines. The spaces are tilled in with serrate lines, parallel with the con- 

 necting fillets or stems of the volutes, as in the case given in Fig. 290. 



Another smaller vessel from the same collection is simple and unpre- 

 tentious, but so thoroughly satisfactory in every respect that one could 

 hardly suggest an improvement. The surface is well polished. The 



