JEANCON ] EXCAVATIONS IN THE CHAMA VALLEY 47 
it was covered with a heavy pinkish yellow slip which has in a great 
measure disappeared. The ware is unquestionably biscuit and of a 
very fine paste. The decoration consists of a centipede on the top; 
the head of this has been so far effaced that it can no longer be seen. 
Around the sides and coiling up onto the walls of the mouth is a 
double line with dots in the space between. Whether this was a 
snake or not can not be determined at this time, as part of the wall 
which might have had a head painted on it is now gone. The top 
and bottom are rather flat while the sides are slightly rounded. 
Mr. Sam Eldot, of San Juan, N. Mex., has a companion piece 
to this one which was found in this same ruin by Mr. Adolf Bande- 
lier in the early eighties. It is somewhat smaller than the specimen 
just described, being only 102 mm. in length and 38 mm. in height. 
It is a very good grayish color without any undertone of another 
color. The decoration on the sides is the same as on the first one 
described, but the top design is different. First, there are two 
groups of three lines placed obliquely; from the top of these three 
lines is a single line running from them at an angle of about 45°; 
the third group is a variation of the crook which is found so often 
on the biscuit ware. (Pl. 43, A, A.) 
The form of both of these specimens is strongly suggestive of the 
Rio Puerco culture of Arizona, although the paste is a local one. The 
use of these cups will be considered under the head of the shrines of 
Po-shu. 
FOOD BOWLS 
There are four food bowls in the collection, showing a variety of 
decoration that isremarkable. While three of these are of the accepted 
biscuit ware, there is one which is unique both in paste and decora- 
tion. The forms are of the usual type with incurving rim. The sides 
vary from the well-rounded curve to the long sloping curve with a 
sort of shoulder. 
Plate 45, B, is unusually fine. The long sloping sides and sharp 
incurve reaching to the rim are very good. It is 27.5 cm. in di- 
ameter and 11.4 cm. in depth. The whole appearance of the bowl 
indicates that it was made by an artist. The paste is hard and with 
a small percentage of sand. The slip is the typical gray with a heavy 
undertone of pinkish yellow. The interior decoration consists of one 
heavy circular line in the bottom, above which is a series of three 
circular lines with eight groups of diamonds, each group consisting of 
three diamonds one within the other. Inside of the interior diamond, 
top and bottom, is a sort of three-leaved design. Above the diamonds 
are again three circular lines. The diamonds are attached to the 
lines above and below. The rim is decorated with short, heavy 
black lines running from the inside to the outside. The exterior 
decoration consists of four panels not separated by intervening lines, 
