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method of manufacture, and ornament. 

 This is true of the pottery of the present 

 tribes; the ware of the Zuui, for example, 

 although having a family resemblance to 

 the wares of the Ilopi, the Acoma, the Sia, 

 and the Cochiti, is reailily distinguished 

 from them. Apparently the most primi- 

 tive pottery of 

 the region is the 

 coiled ware, 

 which is built up 

 of strips of clay 

 so coiled and in- 

 dented as to give 

 the effect of bas- 

 ketry. This and 

 the white ware 

 with decorations 

 in black lines 

 and figures are 

 ajiparently con- 

 nected more er^- 

 peciallywiththe 

 cliff-dwelling 

 period (see Clijj- 

 duvllhigs). The 

 beautiful poly- 

 chrome vases of 

 the ancient Hopi 

 of Arizona are 

 the most artistic of northern ceramic 

 products. They are well illustrated by 

 collections from the ancient sites of 

 Homolobi, Sikyatki, and Shongopovi 

 (Fewkes). 



The tribes of the plains did not prac- 

 tise the art save in its simplest forms, but 



ZUNI. BUILDING AND SMOOTHING PROCESSES 



of life forms — men, beasts, birds, and 

 fishes; and the grotesque was much af- 

 fected. Aside from plastic embellish- 

 ment, the vases were decorated in color, 

 and more especially in incised and 

 stamped designs, those on the Gulf coast 

 presenting slight suggestions of the influ- 

 ence of the semi- 

 civilized cul- 

 tures of Yuca- 

 tan, Mexico, and 

 the West Indies. 

 The pottery of 

 the tribes of the 

 N.Atlantic states 

 and Canada con- 

 sists mainly of 

 simple culinary 

 utensils, mostly 

 rountl or conical 

 bodied bowls 

 and pots deco- 

 rated with angu- 

 lar incised lines 

 and textile ira- 

 l)rintings. The 

 best examples 

 are recovered 

 from burial 

 places in central- 

 southern New York and northern Pennsyl- 

 vania — the region occupied from the earli- 

 est times In' the Iroquois. Theclaytobacco 



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pipes of this section are unusually inter- 

 esting, and display decided skill in mod- 

 cling, although this work has been in- 



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the ancient tribes of the middle and lower 

 Mississippi valley and the Gulf states 

 were excellent potters. The forms of the 

 vessels and the styles of decoration are 

 exceedingly varied, and indicate a re- 

 markable predilection for the modeling 



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fluenced to some extent by the presence 

 of the whites (Holmes). The practical 



