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POTTERY OF THE ANCIENT PUEBLOS. 



The boldness of the primitive decorator is well shown in the manipu- 

 lation of these large vases. Simplicity and breadth were not sacrificed 

 when it became necessary to carry the oft-repeated figures over the 

 broad surface of such a vessel as that shown in Fig. 324, whose height 

 and width measure fourteen inches each. Iu shape, in surface, treat- 

 ment, and in the arrangement of the broad belts of decoration this 



Fin. 325— Painted design. 



vessel corresponds very closely with the preceding, but the favorite 

 motives are executed in the white color of the. ground, and are thrown 

 across the surface of the vessel with charming freedom and boldness. 

 The upper zone encircling the neck is occupied by a large, rather 

 rudely drawn chain of scrolls developed iu the white ground by paint- 

 ing the interspaces black. The broad belt of figures encircling the body 



Fig. 326.— Unit of the design. 



of the vase is not filled out as in the preceding case, the lower series 

 of triangular spaces being plain. The principal feature consists of a sin- 

 gle line of the fret work developed in the white ground. This is shown 

 in Fig. 325. A unit of the design is given in black in Fig. 320. The 

 connecting curve or stem of the unit incloses a rectangular space, through 



