354 



POTTERY OF THE ANCIENT PUEBLOS. 



The handle in each case connects the lip with the shoulder or body of the 

 vessel. The lobes are generally three in number and are rarely of equal 

 dimensions, one being more or less prolonged. 



Fig. 353— Vase of eccentric form : Eastern Arizona. — ^. 



It is very difficult to say where these curious forms originated, or in 

 what direction they were developing. Did the archaic potter, by exag- 

 gerating the accidental eccentricities of early and simple forms, arrive 

 at these grotesque shapes, did use determine their conformation, or must 

 we look for their originals in antecedent utensils derived from, or made 

 in direct imitation of, life forms? 



Fig. 354.— Vase uf eccentric form : Tusayan. — ^. 



It is manifestly useless to seek for their antecedents within the limits 

 of the ceramic art. A few are of such a shape as to suggest the skin 

 vessels so often used by primitive peoples, and their origin in this 



