MANUFACTURE AND DECORATION 



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tracer; of their I'mploymcnt. Tlie strips were not systematically over- 

 lapped as they were with the Pueblos, but one turn was set somewhat 

 directly on the edge of the preceding- turn and was attached to it by 

 pressure and by drawing- down the edges, both exterior and interior. 

 Specimens from many sections fracture along the strip junctions, thus 

 revealing the width of the fillets and the manner of their manipulation. 

 The l)eo-inning of a coil is shown in figure 30 '^ Attachment was accom- 

 plished In- drawing both edges of the fillet down over the convex edge 

 of the preceding turn, as is seen in J> and c. Connnonly the walls were 

 evened up and the form corrected and developed by the aid of modeling- 

 tools. A convex-surfaced implement, a piece of gourd, for example, 

 "was held on the inner surface to support the wall, while paddles, rock- 

 ing- tools, and scrapers were used to manipulate the exterior surface. 

 When the body of the vessel had been brought into approximately 

 final shape, the margins — or in constricted forms the neck and rim — 



Fig. 30 — Use of the coil iu vessel building: a, beginning of coil; h, ordinary superposition of coils 



<ir strips: c, section. 



received attention. Handles, legs, and other relieved features, includ- 

 ing ornaments, were shaped and added, and the points of junction were 

 carefully finished off. In the case of compound or even of complex 

 forms the parts were separately shaped and afterward joined by pres- 

 sure and rubbing. Surface finish was accomi^lished in a number of 

 ways, varving with the people, the period, and the locality, and with 

 the use to which the vessels wei'e to be applied. The most elementary 

 treatment consisted of rubbing the surface with the hand and finger 

 tips. But various tools were used, each leaving- its own chai'acteristic 

 markings, and these in the more ordinary ware served as an ornamental 

 finish. In the better ware the surface was rubbed down and polished 

 with smooth stones or bits of shell. 



Decouatixg Pkocesses 



When the vessel was built and practically complete, attention was 

 turned toward decoration. During the shaping operations features of 

 form and texture ver\' often arose that proved pleasing- to the potter, 



