FEWKES] 



DECOBATION OF FOUR-MILE POTTERY 



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of the bear or badf^er, and from the fact that a mammal identified 

 as a bear is fonnd on the exterior of the bowl illustrated above 

 (figure 100), it is probable that this symbol likewise should be refeiTed 

 to that animal. 



The very chaste form of sjeometrical decoration shown 171 fitrin-c lO-t 



Fig. 103. Bear's paw design on exterior of food bowl from Pour-mile ruin (number 177277). 



was found on the outside of a food bowl from Four-mile ruin. It is 

 a composition of triangles, T-shaped figures, and terraced designs, 

 arranged on a shaded rectangle. 



EAIN-CLOrD DESIGNS 



Three types of rain-cloud symbols are used in the modern Hopi 

 ritual. These are the rectangle, the semicircle, and the triangle. 

 The two former are ordinarily triune. We have either three semicir- 



tHi. 1"4. Ueometi'ical design ou exterior of food buwl from Four-mile ruin (number 177UOO). 



eles or. three rectangles combined, the latter appearing as a stepi^ed 

 figure. The'number of components may be multiplied, in which case 

 we find many semicircles approximated, their shapes somewhat modi- 

 fied by the juxtaposition, or mauj' rectangles combined, forming 

 ten-aces. 



