FEWKEs] DECORATION OF FOUR-MILE POTTERY 153 



there were hximan hands or animal paws. A dot with pai-allel or 

 slightly radiating lines was a common feature, and the ornamentation 

 was, as a rule, confined to zones or limited to one point on the rim. 



The external decoration on food bowls from the Four-mile ruin 

 differs greatly from that of the Sikyatki collection. Both rectangular 

 and spiral designs occur, and several specimens have figures of mam- 

 mals and birds. 



As a rule, the external decoration is continuous on the outside of 

 the food bowl, and is not, as is generally the case at Sikyatki, con- 

 fined to one portion. Some of the typical forms of external decora- 

 tion are shown in plate LXiii. 



In the account of the pottery from Sikyatki attention is called to 

 the predominance of straight lines and rectangular figures on the 



Fig. 100. Bear design on exterior of food bowl from Four-mile min (number 176999). 



exteriors of the food bowls. Curved lines, and espeeiallj' spirals, 

 were practically absent in this decoration. This is also true of the 

 collection of food vessels from Shumopovi, where a considerable 

 number were obtained in 1896. Another peculiarity of the external 

 ornamentation of Sikyatki pottery is a design in which we have a dot 

 from which extend short parallel or slightly divergent lines; these 

 have been interpreted as repesenting a nakwakwoci or feathered 

 praj'er string. 



The external designs on food bowls from the Little Colorado ruins 

 have a large proportion of spirals, and thus far there have not been 

 found the dot and appended parallel lines mentioned above. It 

 seems, therefore, not improliable that this particular form of the 

 feather is peculiar to ruins in the immediate vicinitj' of the present 

 Ilopi pueblos. 



