HOLMES.] 



PAINTED VASES OF TUSAYAN. 



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strong horizontal loop set at the base of the neck, and the perforated 

 knob placed upon the shoulder. There are also a few examples of cup- 

 shaped projections, Fig. 351, and heads of animals, Fig. 352, which are 

 set upon the neck near the rim and seem to be survivals of handles or 

 ornaments merely. 



The vessel shown in Fig. 336 has an interesting combination of dec- 

 orative features. I present it here, although a little out of place in my 



Fig. 337. — Painted design. 



classification by form, in order to point out the similarity between its 

 decoration and that of Fig. 335. It is a handsome mug of hard gray 

 ware, finished with a white slip, and decorated with painted designs in 

 the prevailing arrangement. Four equidistant nodes of large size are 

 placed about the shoulder of the vessel. These occur along the middle 

 of the lower zone of painted devices, the notable feature being that the 



Fig. 338. — Handled mug: Province of Tusayau.- 



volutes of the painted scroll-work encircle the nodes and inclose, between 

 their interlinked points, cross-like devices, resembling those found upon 

 the preceding specimen. These crosses occupy the apices of the nodes, 

 as shown in the illustration. The painted design is given in Fig. 337. 



