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TWO SUMMERS WORK IN PUEBLO RUINS 



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On one of the food bowls from Four-mile ruin there was a represen- 

 tation of a large mammal which calls to mind a bear (see figure 100). 

 This is the only instance known to the author of a representation of 

 this animal (jn the outside of food vessels. 



Pictures of birds are found on the outside of several bowls. One 

 of the most exceptional of these is the "twin-bird" design (figure 101), 



Fig. 101. Twin bird design on exterior of tood bowl from Pinedale (number ITtSSSti). 



which represents two birds attached by their tails. These peculiar 

 forms are likewise found at Pinedale and other ruins high up in the 

 White Mountain reservation. 



The figure of the bird shown in figure 102 is found on the exterior 

 of a food bowl from Four-mile i-uin, and is one of the few bird draw- 



FlG. 102. Bird design on exterior of food bowl from Four-mile ruin (numl)er 177378). 



ings from the outside of a bowl. The manner of representing the 

 claws is one often adopted in avian figures. Parallel lines, for tail 

 feathers, ai-e repeatedly found in Soutliwestern pictography. 



On one of the food bowls we find the accompanying symbol 

 (figure lO'.i), which reminds one of the modern rain cloud, so promi- 

 nent in Hopi symbolism. It has, however, resemblances to the paw 



