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POTTERY OP THE ANCIENT PUEBLOS. 



Two masterly scrolls, formed each of a broad black line bordered by 

 white lines, are thrown across opposite sides of the vase. The ground 

 upon which they are drawn is fdled in with series of lines which acconi 

 modate themselves very gracefully to the surface of the vessel and to 

 the scrolls. 



A number of ancient vessels, found in the hands of the Zuni Indians, 

 were probably obtained by them from some of the neighboring ruins, 

 although in a few cases they may have been carried from distant places 

 in the north or west. The finer examples correspond very closely to 

 the ware of which multitudes of fragments are found at old Zuni, 

 San Antonio Springs, Nutria, and other places in or near the province 

 of Cibola. They seem to be identical also in many respects with the 

 better class of the white ware of Tusayan. The forms are very much 

 the same and the ornaments exhibit similar arrangements of identical 

 motives. 



The superb vessel illustrated in Fig. 331, is a typical example of 

 the work of the ancient potters of Cibola. In form it falls but little 





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Fig. 332.— Vase: l'rminc 



short of perfect symmetry. The body is nearly globular, being slightly 

 compressed vertically. The neck is small and the lip slightly recurved. 

 The surface, originally white, now darkened from use, is well polished 

 except in.; where roughened by age. In Fig. 333 we have a partial pro- 

 jection of the painted design obtained by viewing the vase vertically. 

 This may be described as a rosette of spiral rays which consist of grace- 

 fully meandered lines alternating with groups of plain stripes. These 

 are developed in the light color of the vase by painting in a black ground. 



