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It is believed that should a pregnant woman look upon a piece of pot- 

 teiT while in process of tiring-, it will be marred with a black spot. 

 Thus the Zuflis account for the blemishes caused l)y the smokinfr of the 

 potter3\ 



Much of the modern pottery is decorated with animal forms, with 

 an attempt to depict them as such, while birds and animals in the 

 ancient ware are so highly conventionalized that only the initiated can 

 determine the original of the motive. Figure 24 shows a verv old 

 vase decorated with conventionalized butterfly and cloud and rain sym- 

 bols, while the more modern style of vases" are presented in figure 25. 



Fig. 25 — Modem Zuni vases. 



SILVERSMITHING 



The Mexican dollar, owing to its purity, is employed bv the silver- 

 smith in preference to the silver dollar of the United States. Native 

 silver is not known to the Zunis, at least at the present time, and Zuni 

 sages claim that their people never worked in silver or copper ])efore 

 the presence of the Spaniards. With crude implements are manufac- 

 tured elaborate ornaments for bridles, silver belts, and Inittons for 

 men, and silver beads, bangles, and rings for women. The furnace, 

 bellows, dies — everything pertaining to the workshop of the silver- 

 smith (see plate xcv) — are of home manufacture, except the tiles and 

 hammers, and these are carpenters' tools. The silversmith is also the 

 blacksmith and general utility man of the village. 



a Symbolism will be described in a later paper devoted to the subject. 



