DECORATION OF FOCR-MILE POTTERY 



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In the rich coUectiou of Sikyatki pottery the author found a larger 

 food bowl, the interior of which was also decorated with a ring, and 

 to this riiiu' undoubted feather symbols were added. It may be sug- 



FiG. (17. Bowl with double spiral design, from Four-mile ruin (number 177102). 



gested, therefore, that the serrated appendages to the ring in the 

 above-mentioned specimen may likewise be conventionalized feathers, 



and there are other grounds for in- 

 terpreting them in this way. 



The small food bowl shown in 

 figure 97 is ornamented with an 

 exceijtional design, a spiral enlarg- 

 ing from the center to the rim of 

 the bowl. This bowl is interesting 

 as the only one of a i)ronounced 

 '■''^"^^^^ heart shape. This form of spiral 

 \ ^^^^^ is instructive, showing the break in 



the line so characteristic of ancient 

 Pueblo designs. 



The decoration shown in the ae- 

 comi^anying cut (figure 98) is pecul- 

 iar, but eftective. The two vertical lines on the neck are repeated on 

 the opposite side. Similar markings are found on vases, food bowls, 

 dippers, and ladles in all Tusayan ruins, and represent feathers. 



Fig. 9s. 



Decorated vase from Four-mile 

 ruin (number 1772H4I. 



