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BIRD FIGURES ON LITTLE COLORADO POTTERY 



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Attention is (•Hlle<l U> tlie form of tlio tail of the two birds in figure 

 28 and to tlie triaujiular de- 

 signs called feathers seen 

 in the same figure. It 

 seems not iniprobalile that 

 in the conventionalization 

 of bird figures the design 

 representing a bird may 

 be reduced to two trian- 

 gles, making an hourglass- 

 shaped figure. Suppose, for 

 instance, wings and head 

 be omitted in figure 28, the 

 tail and body would then be 

 two triangles joined at the 

 apices. 



The design on a vase from 

 Homolobi shown in figure 29 represents four birds, each one of which 



Fk;. ■£). Vase with four bird figures, from Homo- 

 lobi I number 156676). 



Fi<;. :*l. Mythic bird figure on food bowl from Chaves pass (number 1.5756: 



has a ci'ested head of feathers and widespread wings of triangular 

 form. The bodv is continued into two triangular extensions, as is 



