JHANCON | EXCAVATIONS IN THE CHAMA VALLEY 57 
One of the most curious pieces of incised ware, both in form and 
design, is in the collection of Mr, Sam Eldot, of San Juan, N. Mex. 
This is another one of the specimens obtained by Mr. Adolf Bandelier 
at Po-shu. Itisa cylindrical box, sealed at both ends. One end is flat 
and the other rounded. The handle is a most unusual one for the 
Jemez Plateau and the whole form suggests the cups and mugs found 
in the San Juan drain- 
age. Thocolorischoc- — : — 
olate brown and the § ya: KAY 
piece was nicely pol- < ad 
ished. On one side is ‘ 
an aperture with raised 
lips. This is too near 
the handle to make it 
practical to drink out 
of the aperture. It has 
been. suggested that it 
was a canteen, but the 
fact that one could not 
easily drink out of it 
would tend to discredit 
this supposition. Itis 
19 em. in height and 
12 cm. in diameter. 
(Pl. 43, B.) Another 
incised piece in the 
same collection is a 
mug of typical San 
Juan drainage form. 
It is of the same choc- 
olate brown color and 
the incised design on 
the side is a very com- 
mon one. The handle 
is gone, but is indi- 
cated by the dotted Fia. 24.—Incised designs. 
lines. (Fig. 27.) The 
form of this mug is so different from anything yet found on the Jemez 
Plateau that one can only think that it was made by some potter who 
was not a native of Po-shu and who was at that village for a time, 
Unless the people of Po-shu had seen one of these mugs in some other 
locality the above supposition would hold good. ‘The mug is 18 em, 
in height by 23 mm, at the broadest part. 
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