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BIRD SHAPES IN LITTLE COLORADO POTTERY 



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arranged at equal intervals al)out the equator, is a highly conven- 

 tionalized bird vase in which the head, wings, and tail are represented 

 by knobs (ir rounded elevations. Figure 20 has on one of the knobs a 

 head with goggle eyes and teeth, recalling a bird ligure which is not 



Fig. 30. Duck-shaped vessel from Chevluu (uumber 157018). 



an anomalous form in southwestern pictography. In view of the 

 identification of the terraced figures with wings, the decoration on 

 the equator of this bird-effigy vase are highly suggestive. 



A second bird-form vase is shown in figure 22, in which the vessel 



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Jar with four knobs, from Homolobi (number l,5tvl54). 



is elongated and has a round head projecting at one end, with a beak 

 like that of a parrot. The eyes project from the head, and there is an 

 opening for a mouth. On the side of the body there are parallel lines 

 representing feathers painted in red and black. The tail is broken. 



