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THE PIMA INDIANS 



[ETH. ANN. 26 



Fig 



54. Olla found liidden in 

 the hills. 



Plates (pi. XIX, c, f) are now obtained from the Kwahadk's, but it is 



doubtful if the latter made them before the advent of the whites. 



Tliey are polished and decorated in a manner similar to the cups. " 



• Fanciful figures of a variety of shapes are made by the Kwahadk's in 



imitation of American crockery, and the like, 



and are traded to the Pimas, who sometimes 



sell to gratify the ilesires of tourists for 



souvenirs, the seller being as ignorant of the 



fact that the buyer wishes to get specimens 



of Pima handiwork as the latter is of the fact 



that the ware is packed on the heads of 



women from the villages of another tribe 30 



to 50 miles to the southward. 



Two specimens (pi. xix, d) were obtained 

 from a Pima woman at Casa Blanca, who had 

 "made them to sell," which have not the 

 characteristic polish and the decoration of 

 Kwahadk' ware. They are of interest because they show the Pima 

 method of treatment of the human figure in clay modeling, and also 

 the manner in which the face was painted. The larger efRgy'' has 

 light brown lines on the body, both front and back, wliich repre- 

 sent a necklace, belt," 

 skirt (perhaps), and 

 what would seem to be 

 the V-shaped opening 

 at the neck of an up- 

 per garment. The face 

 is painted in vertical 

 stripes of red and 1)lue, 

 as was the custom with 

 this tribe a few years 

 ago. The front hair 

 is represented on the 

 forehead by prominent 

 ridges. 



The smaller effigy '" 

 has fewer lines on the 

 face, and the body is 

 imdecorated. 



From the ruins pottery spoons or ladles are sometimes taken which 

 have apparently acquired magic import from the character of their 

 source. These spoons are used in feeding the sick, and for no other 



Fig. 55. Olla with whitish designs on red ground. 



a The larger specimen figured is 264 nun. in diameter and 73 mm. high. The smaller is 212 mm. in 



diameter and 43 mm. high, 

 ii Height. 212 mm. 

 c Height, 20 cm. 



