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Figure 12, C, EZ, is a sherd of what was probably an oblong bowl. 
This may not properly belong to the food-bowl! class but has been 
inserted here for the sake of convenience. The exterior decoration, 
what there is left of it, is a portion of the head of a centipede and a 
fish. The interior is a portion 
of the step design so often 
seen on the red ware. The 
fragment is badly damaged by 
fire. 
Figure 12, G, is about half 
of a small bowl. Only a part 
of the design on the fragment 
can be made out. It is a 
square with triangles at the 
corners. This is often called 
by the Navajo Indians the 
‘“‘spider-woman”’ design and 
occurs on many of their blan- 
kets, as well as on some of the 
baskets made for them by the Fig. 13.—Interior decoration on biscuit ware tub. 
Paiute and Apache. The exterior decoration is a variation of the 
step, filled corner triangle, and dotted line design. The paste is very 
hard for biscuit ware. 
A small fragment of a bowl with part of a most remarkable design 
is interesting. From the little that is left it seems to be a design 
consisting mostly of curves and suggesting old Hopi designs. The 
Fic. 14.—Interior and exterior decoration on biscuit ware tub. 
shape is not Hopi but typical biscuit ware. There is too little of the 
bowl to attempt an extended description of it. The material is hard, 
porous biscuit paste, with a good, heavy slip. The general color is 
gray in tone with a slight pinkish undertone. 
