KIDDER-GUPRNSEY] ARCHEOLOGIGAL EXPLORATIONS IN ARIZONA 189 
these are, however, quite distinct from the flat-bottomed black-and- 
white mugs of the northern San Juan. 
Ollas were not found by us, though a few sherds from Marsh 
Pass may perhaps be referred to small examples. Ladles are un- 
common, that form having been supplied, apparently, by black-and- 
white specimens. The sherds that do occur all belong to the “ bowl- 
and-handle” variety. Colanders are of the same shape as the luster- 
less paint examples. In our collection are only sherds. No life 
forms or eccentric shapes were found. 
Bowl decoration: Exterior ornament is limited to carelessly 
drawn lines of red paint that encircle the bowls just below the rim. 
There are sometimes two or three such lines half an inch wide, 
sometimes a single line 1 inch to 4 inches in width; occasionally 
the paint is put on in oblique dashes or, rarely, in the form of a 
rude meander edged with black. In all cases the paint is merely 
daubed on, and there is a marked contrast to the neat accuracy of 
brushwork shown in the decoration of the interior. 
The interior designs of polychrome bowls are almost without 
exception of the “all-over” type; that is to say, they cover, more 
or less completely, the entire inner surface of the pieces. The frame- 
work of all the designs is made up of broad red bands or ribbons 
outlined in black, often having a second outlining of the chalky 
white pigment. The simplest figures consist of the bands alone 
(cf. Fewkes, 1911. pl. 15, d). In somewhat more elaborate examples 
the bands bear angular projections or terminal key figures (pl. 
56, ¢).1. The most ornate and. perhaps the most typical specimens 
have supplementary decorations painted in black over the yellow 
background between the red framework lines (pl. 56, a, f). This 
supplementary decoration is characteristic of the group and is gen- 
erally carried out in the following manner: The spaces to be orna- 
mented are filled with a coarse hachure of parallel lines; while this 
may completely fill the field, the lines are usually divided into groups 
of from three to eight or ten, and the small interspaces thus produced 
are occupied by elements of a different nature, by far the most 
common of which are stepped lines (fig. 59, @). Others are: fringed 
or dotted lines (fig. 59, d), series of single triangles (fig. 59, 6), and 
series of opposed isosceles triangles whose points meet (fig. 59, ¢). 
Still another “ filler,” occurring in a number of cases and usually 
occupying triangular fields, is oblique crosshatching (pl. 56, f). 
Two rather aberrant figures, suggesting certain designs of Rio 
Grande? and Lower Gila pottery,? are shown in figure 60. The two 
paw-like objects in plate 56, b, give the only suggestion of a naturalis- 
1Jn pl. 56 the yellow background of the bowls is represented by white, red fillings 
are shown by hatching, and white edgings by lines of dots. 
2 See Kidder, 1915, pl. xxiii. : 
*See Fewkes, 1912, fig. 45. 
