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POTTERY LIDS 
These pottery lids were quite common in the ruin. What they 
were used for is not evident, as only one was found in connection 
with anything else. This was the small bowlder mortar which was 
found with the pottery lid on the top of it. (Pl. 50, A.) 
POTTERY GORGETS 
These objects should properly come under the heading of pendants, 
but have been inserted here for convenience. The two specimens 
shown on Plate 50, B, are sherds of pottery that have been shaped 
into gorgets. There are two holes for stringing them. The one is of 
biscuit ware and the other is of incised ware. Both are heavy and 
not particularly attractive. 
They may have been used 
as a mark of rank or insig- 
nia of some kind. . 
GAMING TALLIES 
It is not unusual to find 
little squares and oblongs 
made of pottery. Thesup- 
position is that these were 
iN used as tallies in some of 
Fig. 34.—Bird on a mountain. the games played. They 
may also have been used in a game similar to that of checkers 
which still is played by the Indians of the Southwest. (Pl. 49.) 
LADLES OR DIPPERS 
The use of properly shaped potsherds for dippers or ladles probably 
was just as common in the ancient days as it is to-day. The pic- 
ture of the bird (fig. 34) on one of the ladles found is very interesting. 
PRAYER PLUME BASES 
The prayer plume bases shown on Plate 51 are made of clay and 
were ceremonial. The prayer feathers were tied around the top or 
inserted into holes in the top. The mixture of clay and some black 
pigment, possibly a ground-up slate and soot, is typical of this type 
of object found on the Jemez Plateau. In the case of Plate 51, A, a 
wash somewhat lighter than the whole mass was applied and portions 
of it remain. Plate 51, B,is most remarkable. It is shown upside 
down in the illustration and should have the point downward. In 
