TEXTILE CHARACTERS IN FICTILE ORNAMENT. 



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wares mthin baskets, seems to have conceived the idea of building 

 his vessels by coiling just as he built his baskets. The surface ex- 

 hibits coiled ridges like basketry, as shown in Fig. 353, and the 



Fig. 353. Earthen vase built liy niilinj;. exhil 



c-Uaraotti-s derived from basketry. 



textile character was further imposed upon the clay by marking these 



(-..ils with the thumb and with inipL'nieiits t.. -ivc thr ,>fTV,-t ^.f the 

 transversa sith's ,,f lilaiiicnts. and tin- -(■..im-tric (■(,],,,• patlri'iis uf 

 the l)aski'try wciv reproduced in incised lines. Wiieu these pe()i)les 

 came to paint their wares it was natural that the colored patterns 

 native to the basketry should also be reproduced, and many more 

 or less literal transfers by inpying are to be found. A fine example 

 of these i)ainteil textile desi-ns is .shown in Fig. 354. It is executed 

 hiama.sterly style upon a handsome vase of the white ware of ancient 

 Tusayau. Not only are the details reproduced with all their geo- 

 metric exactness, but the arrangement of the designs upon the ves- 

 sel is the same as in the textile original. Nine-tenths of the more 

 archaic. Pueblo, ceramic, ornamental designs are traceable t(^ tlie 

 textile art, and all show the influence of textile convention. 



