360 COLLECTIONS OF 1879 — ZUNL 



LADLES. 



Called by the Zniiians sd-shd-kon-ne. These are of two forms, one re- 

 sembling somewhat an oyster-shell, the other with a handle resembling 

 a spoon. The forms and decorations are shown in the figures. They 

 are of white ware usually with figures on the inner surface, and of red 

 ■ware without ornamentation. They vary in size from eight inches in 

 length and five inches across the bowl to four and a half and two aud a 

 half inches. 



831-839. 831, (39884); 832,(39894), Fig. 438; 833, (40430); 834, (40431); 

 835, (40432), flower in the bowl ; S3G, (40433) ; 837, (40460) ; 838, 

 (40461) ; 839, (41254). With handles. 

 840-841. 840, (39895) ; 841, (39896), figures of elks in the bowl. With- 

 out handles. 

 842. (39929). 



843,844. 843, (40408) scrolls ; 844, (40417), Fig. 440. 

 845, 840. 845, (40418) ; 846, (40419), this has a pretty marginal band, 



and the figure of a slender bird in the bowl. 

 847-851. 847, (40420); 848, (40421); 849, (40422), Fig. 439; 450,(40423); 



451, (40424), resembles Fig. 440. 

 852-868. 852, (40425) ; 853, (40427) ; S54, (40428) ; 855, (40429) ; 856, 

 (40434) ; 857, (40435) ; 858, (40437) ; 859, (40438) ; 800, (40439) ; 861, 

 (40441); 862, (40442); 863, (40459); 864, (40462); 865, (40463); 

 866, (40675) ; 867, (40677) ; 868, (40678), Fig. 441. 

 869, 870. 869, (40679) ; 870, (40875), Fig. 437. 



BASKETS. 



Called by the Zuiiians, ah-wehl-wi-dh-pd-sdhl. These vessels, which 

 vary in size from four to eight inches in diameter and from two to 

 five in depth, are in the form of bowls, sometimes with a handle over 

 the top like a basket handle, sometimes without. The margin is either 

 scalloped, as in Fig. 452, or terraced so as to resemble the section of a 

 pyramid or pueblo, being cut in this form with a horse-hair while soft. 

 They are always of white ware decorated with black. The margin is uni- 

 formly black, and there is often an inner and outer submarginal narrow 

 band following the undulations or terraces. The figures most com- 

 mon, and in fact almost exclusively used, are those resembling tadpoles, 

 but which, as I learned, are intended to represent a small crustacean or 

 the larva of an insect common in the water-pools aud streams of the 

 Zuui country; and the somewhat grotesque figures of the horned toad 

 [Phrynosoma). These figures are placed both on the outer and inner 

 surfaces, though the figure of the reptile is generally found on the outer. 



These singular vessels are used by the Indians only in their sacred 

 and ceremonial dances. In them is i)laced a small quantity of meal; they 

 are then borne in the hands of the women, who, during the dance, take 

 a small quantity of the meal, just as much as they can hold between the 



