294 DESIGNS ON HOPI POTTERY [BTH. ANN. 33 
Figure 17 shows one of two mammalian figures on a bowl, the 
surrounding surface consisting of spatterwork, an uncommon but 
effective mode of treatment. 
The outline of the animal shown in figure 18 is intensified by spat- 
tering, as in the case of the animal last mentioned. The black spots 
along the back and tail are ab- 
sent in other figures. The de- 
sign below the figure suggests, 
in some particulars, that of a 
highly conventionalized shrine, 
but its true meaning is un- 
known. 
TOS 6 a, (Decne The design in figure 19 has 
‘been regarded as representing a 
mountain lion, but there is some doubt of the validity of this identi- 
fication. Although the feet are like those of a carnivorous animal, the 
head is not. The two projections from the head, which may represent 
horns, are not unlike those associated with the two figures next de- 
scribed, which have been regarded as feathers. 
Fig 17.—Quadruped. Tic. 18.—Antelope or mountain sheep. 
‘The creature shown in figure 20 is also problematical. The ap- 
pendages to the hegd are prolonged, terminating in feathers that 
bend backward and touch the body. The anterior body appendage 
has two crescentic prolongations between which are parallel lines 
of unequal length. The posterior limb is jointed, the lower half ex- 
tending backward and terminating in two claws, one long, the other 
short. Between these extensions are two groups of slightly radi- 
ating lines that may be regarded as feathers. The body has feathers 
like those of a highly conventionalized bird, while the limbs resemble 
those of a lizard. The body is serpentine, and tail feathers are want- 
ing; both legs have talons like those of birds, and the appendage to 
the head suggests a feather headdress; the line connecting the head 
