PAINTED VASES OF TUSAYAN. 



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or cauldron shown in Fig'. 318. The walls are heavy, the lip is rounded, 

 and the form is such as to be very serviceable for ordinary domestic use. 

 The ornamentation consists of two bands of figures, the upper, as 

 usual, being very simple. The figures of the body zone are in black upon 

 the light ground. Two sets, or pairs, of the triangular links make the 

 circuit of the vessel, the entire ornament appearing in Fig. 319. 



Fir.. 310— Painted di sijn 



There is, however, something less simple and consistent in the orna- 

 ment seen in Fig. 320. The connecting stems of the units are heavy dark 

 lines. The ends of the links are but imperfectly developed or are ob- 

 scured by elaboration giving a suggestion of degeneracy, but the whole 





Fig. 320. — Vase: Province of Tusavan. — £. 



result is highly pleasing. The shape is an exceptional one, the body 

 being flattened to a greater degree than usual. The ground color and 

 the paste are quite white, yet there is in the design and its treatment a 

 suggestion of the decoration of the cream colored ware of Tusayan. 

 This suggestion is emphasized by the occurrence of the two pairs of 

 dark strokes on the neck — a feature more usual in the yellow wares. 

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