362 COLLECTIONS OF 1879 ZUNI 



929. (40399). This basket is ornamented with the conventional little 

 water animal, inside and out ; it also presents the head and tail of 

 a snake, the body of which encircles the base of the basket. The 

 head of the snake is decorated with a crest and a horn-like pro- 

 jection immediately before the eyes. The tongue and teeth are 

 also represented in colors on the specimen. The rim is serrated 

 and painted black with a small line conforming to the black band 

 immediately under it. 



930. (4101C). Is without a handle, but noticeable for the representation 

 of a bird, on each side of which are two of the little water animals. 



931. (41017). Basket without handle and four pyramids with serrated 

 edges, and representation of horned toad on sides. 



932. (41019). Basket with handle, large toad on each side, and a dragon- 

 fly on each side of the toad. 



PAINT CUPS. 



These are always small, but vary in size from one and a half to three 

 inches in height. They are usually in the form of water vases or globu- 

 lar jars, though sometimes of a true cup shape, and occasionally 

 cubical. They are generally single, but quite often double, and occa- 

 sionally triple and quadruple. To the large-sized single ones the Zu- 

 iiians applj' the name of heli-po-lca-tBhl-le; and to those of smaller sizes, 

 hel-i-polcd-tehl-tsan-nd. They are usually without handles, but some- 

 times these are present. The double ones ai'e connected only by a bar 

 extending from the body of one to that of the other ; and the triple 

 and quadruple ones in a similar manner. They are of red and white 

 ware like the other pottery ; the decorations on the white are similar to 

 those already described, so far as they can be adapted to these small 

 articles. 



We shall give the numbers without remarks, except to note unusual 

 forms and figures. 



Single cups: 

 933-938. 933,(59881); 934,(39888); 935,(39938); 936, (39939); 937, (39944); 



938, (39945); with figures of the little aquatic animal so frequently 



represented on the earthenware baskets used in rain dances. 

 939-942. 939, (39949); 940, (40056); 941, (40111); 942, (40112); square, 



box-shaped, of brown ware and very rude. 

 943-:J46. 943, (40323) ; 944, (40324) ; 945, (40325) ; 946, (40326) ; with 



terraced margin like that so common in baskets used in the sacred 



dances. 

 947-952. 947, (40327); 948, (40328); 949, (40329); 950, (40330); 951, 



(40331) ; 952, (40332). With meander band of simplest form. 

 953-961. 953, (40335), terraced margin ; 954, (40334) ; 953, (40335) ; 956, 



(40338); 957, (40339); 958, (40340); 959, (40341), true cup with 



looped handles ; 900, (40342) ; 901, (40343), with straight cylin- 



drical handle. 



