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DECORATIVE SYMBOLISM. 



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shows us that certain types of decoration have once been confined to 

 certain types of vessels, all which has its due signification but an ex- 

 amination of which would properly form the subject of another essay. 



Fig. 550. — PaintiDgs of sacred butterfly. 



Fig. 5G0. — Painting of "summer-lurd. 



Happily, a work collateral to the one which I have here merely begun, 

 will, I have reason to hope, be carried to a high degree of perfection in 

 the forthcoming monographs on the exhaustless ceramic collections of 

 the United States National Museum by Mr. William II. Holmes. This 

 author and artist will approach his task from a standpoint differing 

 from mine, reaching thereby, it may be, conclusions at variance with the 

 foregoing; but by means of his wealth of material and illustration stu- 

 dents will have opportunity of passing a judgment upon the merits of not 

 only his work, but of my own. 



Fig. 561. — Rectangular typo of earthen vessel. 



In conclusion, let me very briefly refer to two distinctive American 

 types of pottery, unconnected with the Southwestern, which, considered 



