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HEART-SHAPED VASES OP TUSAYAN. 



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There are few better examples of the skill and good taste of the an- 

 cient potter than the bowl illustrated in Pig, 312. The body is much 

 flattened and the incurved margin considerably depressed. The color 

 is reddish, both on the surface and in the mass, while the upper part is 

 painted a bright red. Upon this color, encircling the shoulder and 

 extending inward toward the lip, is a handsome design in black and 



Fig. 311. — Painted design. 



white lines. This is nearly obliterated, but enough is left to show that 

 it consists of a highly elaborated rectilinear meander pattern, the idea 

 being developed apparently in the light ground color. The painted 

 lines are iu black bordered with fine white stripes — a common occur- 

 ence in the south. 



Fig- 312.— Red bowl: Province of Tusayan.— J. 



We have in the Museum an exquisitely shaped vessel of this class 

 obtained from the Zufii Indians. The material and color are identical 

 with the red specimen from Saint George. The whole surface is painted 

 red and a neat border design in black is worked over this. The lip is 

 not so much depressed as in the preceding examples. Two perforations 



