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PUEBLO POTTERY AND ZUNI CULTURE-GROWTH. 



bodied, longer aud narrower necked, and provided at one side near the 

 shoulders or rim with two loops of hair or strong fiber, usually braided. 

 (See Fig. 520.) The ends of the burden-strap passed through these 

 loops made suspension of the vessel easy, or when the latter was used 

 simply as a receptacle, the pair of loops served as a handle. Some- 



Fig. 521. — Water-bottle of corrugated ware, showing duuble handle. 



times these basket bottles were strengthened at the bottom with raw- 

 hide or buckskin, stuck on with gum. When, in the evolution of the 

 pitcher, this type of basket was reproduced in clay, not only was the 

 general form preserved, but also the details above described. That is, 



Fig. 522. — Water-bottle of corrugated ware, showing plain bottom. 



without reference to usefulness — in fact at no small expense of trouble — 

 the handles were almost always made double (see Fig. 521) ; indeed, often 

 braided, although of clay. Frequently, especially as time went on, the 

 bottoms were left plain, as if to simulate the smooth skin-bottoming of the 



