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POTTERY OF THE ANCIENT PUEBLOS. 



shape from those previously given, being much like the bird vessels of 

 the mound-builders. It is a cup with constricted rim, the head, tail, 

 and wings of the bird projecting horizontally from the outer margin of 



Fig. 359.— Bird-shaped vase : Arizona. — J. 



the rim. It is of the white ware and has had a painted design in black 

 lines, now nearly obliterated. 



i'lG. 360.— Bird-shaped cup : Tusayau.- 



CONOLUDING REMARKS. 



Two great groups of ceramic products have now been presented — the 

 coiled ware and the white decorated ware. These groups belong to the 

 first great period of pueblo art in clay. Their chronological identity is 

 sometimes questioned, the coiled ware to all appearances being the more 

 archaic. It is simple in form and rude in finish, is without painted or- 

 nament, and was relegated to the more ordinary uses. These and other 

 features give countenance to the theory of greater antiquity ; but the 



