324 



COLLECTIONS OF 1879. 



The figures show the height, the diameter of the body at the widest 

 part, and the diameter of the mouth iu inches. 



If we reduce these to proportion, using the diameter of body as the 

 unit of measurement, the result is as follows : 



From this it will be seen that No. 148, which is represented by Fig. .'373 

 (39774), is unusually broad in proportion to the height. Nos. 152 and 

 153 vary to the extreme in the other direction; No. 153 is shown iu Fig. 

 364 (40322). Excluding these and taking the means of the large and 

 small kinds separately we find the average ratios to be as follows : 



Diameter 

 Height, of mouth. 



Large .»,..,,.. ." 78 .57 



Small 78 .01 



Most of the water jugs of both the Shiuumos and ZuSians are in the 

 form of canteens, usually more or less si)herical, and varying in capacity 

 from a pint to four gallons. On each side there is a small handle in the 

 form of a loop or knob, through or around which is placed a small 

 shawl or strip of cloth, or a cord long enough to pass over the forehead 

 so as to suspend the vessel against the back just below the shoulders. 

 The other jugs are of various fanciful shapes, which will be noted iu the 

 •catalogue. A large portion are of plain brown ware, a few i>laiu white, 

 and others white with colored decorations. "Various names are used 

 apparently to designate the dift'erent kinds rather than the uses for 

 ■which they are intended. 



The decorations, when present, are always on the upper side, which 



