246 DESIGNS ON HOPI POTTERY [ETH. ANN. 33 
The wings of figure 70 are outspread and the head consists of 
two terraced bodies conventionally placed. The body and the tail 
Fic. 70.—Conventionalized bird form hanging from 
sky-band ; top view. 
of this figure are not ex- 
ceptional, but dragon flies 
are also represented. 
Figure 71 presents a con- 
ventionalized bird seen in 
profile, and a broad sky- 
band to which are attached 
representations of feathers 
and other organs suggest- 
ing a bird. 
An animal depicted in 
figure 72 is one of three 
similar figures from the 
neck of the same vase, 
which are connected by a 
line or band. The design 
shown in figure 73 repre- 
sents a highly conventionalized bird hanging from the sky-band 
with head and wings on one side and tail feathers below. 
BIRDS ATTACHED LONGITUDINALLY TO SKY-BAND 
The designs shown in figure 74 represent the simplest forms of 
birds attached lengthwise to the sky-band. The parallel lines on the 
left hand of the observer 
are supposed to repre- 
sent tail feathers and the 
curve on the right, the 
heads, or possibly the 
wings. 
One of the best designs 
representing a bird at- 
tached to a sky-band is 
shown in figure 75, taken 
from a bowl in the Wat- 
tron collection now owned 
by the Field Columbian 
Museum, of Chicago. The 
interior surface of this 
bowl is considerably worn 
by use, and the figure 
a little indistinct, but the 
Fic. 71.—Conventionalized bird form hanging from 
sky-band ; top view. 
extremities of a band appear. There is a fairly realistic figure on 
each side of a bird with head and wings above and tail below a 
