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Fig. 526. — Basket-bowl as base-mold for large vessels 499 



527. — Clay nucleus illustrating beginning of a vessel 499 



528. — The same shaped to form the base of a vessel 499 



529. — The same as first placed in base-mold, showing beginning of spiral 



building 500 



530. — First form of vessel 500 



531. — Secondary form in mold, showing origin of spheroidal type of jar... 501 



532. — Scrapers or trowels of gourd and earthen- ware for smoothing pottery. 501 

 533. — Finished form of a vessel in mold, showing amount of contraction 



in drying 501 



534. — Profile of olla or modern water-jar 502 



535.— Base of same, showing circular indentation at bottom 502 



536. — Section of same, showing central concavity and circular depression. 502 

 537. — " Milkmaid's boss," or annular mat of wicker for supporting round 



vessels on the head in carrying 503 



538. — Use of annular mat illustrated 503 



539. — Section of incipient vessel in convex-bottomed basket-mold 504 



540. — Section of same as supported on annular mat and wad of soft sub- 

 stance, for drying 504 



541. — Modern base-mold as made from the bottom of water jar 504 



542. — Example of Pueblo painted-ornamentation illustrating decorative 



value of open spaces 506 



543 and 544. — Amazonian basket-decorations, illustrating evolution of the 



above characteristic 507 



545. — Bowl, showing open or unjoined space in lines near rim 510 



540. — Water-jar, showing open or unjoined space iu lines near rim 510 



547. — Conical or flat-bellied canteen 512 



548 and 549. — The same, compared with human mammary gland 513 



550. — Double-lobed or hunter canteen (Me' wi k'i ltk ton ne), showing 



teat-like projections and open spaces of contiguous lines 514 



551. — Native painting of deer, showing space-liue from mouth to heart. .. 515 

 552. — Native painting of sea serpent, showing space-line from mouth to 



heart 515 



553. — The fret of basket decoration 516 



554. — The fret of pottery decoration 516 



555. — Scroll as evolved from fret iu pottery decoration 516 



556. — Ancient Pueblo " medicine-jar " 517 



557. — Decoration of above compared with modern Moki rain symbol 517 



558. — ZuBi prayer-meal bowl illustrating symbolism in form and decora- 

 tion 518 



559. — Native paintings of sacred butterfly 519 



560. — Native painting of sacred migratory "summer bird" 519 



561. — Rectangular or Iroquois ty r f earthen vessel 519 



562. — Kidney-shaped type of vessel of Nicaragua 520 



563. — Iroquois bark vessel, showing angles of juncture 520 



564. — Porcupine 1 quill decoration on bark vessel, for comparison with Fig. 



561 521 



