42 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 81 
EArty Tyres 
In the first group we find a very soft, sandy paste, without temper, 
and which often crumbles when put in water for any length of time. 
In fact, some of it is so soft that it is impossible to repair it, as it 
pulls away from the glue. In this class have been placed two whole 
bowls and two which are in a fragmentary condition. All of these 
are covered with a very light colored slip or wash. The so-called 
flag design (pl. 41 A; fig. 4) occurs on three of them and the fourth 
(pl. 41, B) is decorated with a number of heavy, thickly drawn lines 
which seem to have no special significance. All of them are thick 
in comparison with their size and are rather clumsy to handle. The 
coloring matter used in decorating them is very good, and is jet black 
without any suggestion of brown or red. There is, with one excep- 
tion, no attempt at any of the more intricate designs of the later 
biscuit ware. The exception 
occurs on the outside of one of 
the fragmentary ones and shows, 
in such portions of the panels as 
remain, variations of the step, 
double line with dots between, 
and other elements of the typical 
biscuit decoration.. The other 
fragmentary bowl is decorated with a design that resembles a tree 
running horizontally around the inside and in two sections. The 
difference between the pieces in this group and the next is very slight. 
Fig. 4.—Flag designs. 
MippLe Tyres 
Small pieces. —This part of the group is made up of six whole 
bowls, two halves of bowls, two small pots, and a fragment of an ob- 
long paint dish. Here we have a slightly better paste and more of 
a rubbed finish on the pieces, while the designs show a great variety 
in technique and concept. The technique is still rather crude and 
but few of the characteristic design elements appear. Plate 37, K, 
is a jug that has a single flag design, which occurs three times, in- 
closed in a separate panel each time; all of the panels being connected 
with a continuous line, top and bottom, running hcrizontally around 
the jug. It is 59 mm. in height and 76mm. at the largest diameter. 
It is rather graceful in form but a little thick and clumsy. There are 
two holes near the top for suspending or carrying it. The color is a 
very good gray, the decoration black. 
Plate 37, G, isa small pot with a large mouth. The lower portions 
of the sides belly out as they reach the bottom. The decoration is 
two variations of the step design, one of them in outline and the 
other filled in solid. The surface is fairly well polished and the black 
