FEWKES] FOOD-BOWL DECORATIONS 723 
same general form is exhibited in figure 337, with the introduction of 
two pointed appendages facing the hypothetical middle line. From 
the general form of these pointed designs, each of which is double, 
they have been interpreted as feathers. They closely resemble the tail- 
Fic. 337—Double triangle and feathers 
feathers of bird figures on several bowls in the collection, as will be seen 
in several of the illustrations. 
Figure 338 1s composed of two triangular designs fused at the greatest 
Fia. 338—T win triangles 
angles. The regularity of these triangles is broken by a square space 
at the fusion. At each of the acute angles of the two triangles there 
are circular designs with radiating lines, a common motive on the 
Fic. 339—Triangle with terraced appendages 
exterior of food bowls. Although no new elements appear in figure 
338, with the exception of bracket marks, one on each side of a circle, 
the arrangement of the two parts symmetrically about a line parallel 
Fie. 340—Mosaic pattern 
with the rim of the bowl imparts to the design a unique form. The 
motive in figure 339 is reducible to triangular and rectangular forms, 
and while exceptional as to their arrangement, no new decorative fea- 
ture is introduced. 
