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decoration a good color. The general color is a yellow undertone, 
becoming pronounced toward the top, and a slight overtone of gray 
toward the bottom. 
Those on Plate 41 are small bowls averaging 95 mm. across the top 
and 38 mm. in height. These have unique decorations consisting of 
dragon flies, crosses, and snakes (see fig. 12,6,D). Allof them have lips 
representing the four cardinal points and were ceremonial in character. 
Plate 41, /7, is decorated on the exterior with five crosses or stars run- 
ning horizontally and almost equidistant around the bowl. In the in- 
terior are four snakes and two dots. The snakes run perpendicularly 
from thé bottom to the lip of the bowl; general color is gray with a 
yellowish undertone. Plate 41, /’, is a bowl having four dragon flies 
on the exterior between the lips. These are large and a little out of 
proportion to the rest of the bowl. In the interior, running horizon- 
tally near the bottom, are two snakes and in the middle of the bowl 
a small cup with a raised rim around it. The general color is a pink- 
ish yellow. Plate 41, D, is another bowl with three dragon flies in- 
side in arow. One of these is in the middle of the bottom, and the 
other two run from the bottom a little way up the side. All of them 
are placed horizontally with the bowl. Outside are two dragon flies 
placed in the same manner as those inside. ‘The general color is gray, 
with a suggestion of yellow undertone in places. 
Plate 41, J, is a bowl 102 mm. wide and 32 mm. in height. On the 
exterior are painted four lines running horizontally around the bowl 
without a break in them. In the interior, in the bottom, is a badly 
drawn circle with five trees superimposed, badly spaced and crudely 
painted. Between two of the trees is an animal or bird, the head 
somewhat resembling a duck with an elongated neck; the body is 
indefinable, and from beneath one end of it project two legs with the 
feet turned backward. Whether this was intended for a beast or a 
bird it is impossible to tell. The general color is a dirty yellow. 
Plate 41, G, is a bowl with interior decoration of two flags and two 
panels. The latter are especially interesting in that they suggest 
a step in the evolution from the single flag design to the oblique line 
which so frequently occurs in all of the panels of the biscuit ware. 
There is also a curious figure in the bottom of the bowl. On the 
exterior is a single flag, a checkerboard, and a figure of an oblong 
square divided in the middle by a horizontal line, the upper half again 
being divided into two oblong squares by a perpendicular line. All 
of the figures, both inside and outside, are joined by continuous 
horizontal lines running above and below them. The general color 
is gray with a pinkish yellow undertone. 
Plate 41, O, is a bowl 114 mm. in diameter by 68 mm. in height. 
The design is interesting in that it is totally different from anything 
which has been considered under that head inthis paper. The exte- 
