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the vessel is built up by the strips alone, canuot be determined, since 

 the inside is perfectly smooth, excepting finger-marks, and the strips 

 are so welded into the general texture of the vessel that individual 

 strips cannot be detected beneath the surface when examined on broken 

 edges. 



In the specimen figured the workman has begun near the centre of 

 the rounded bottom and laid a strip in a continuous but irregular spiral 

 (see Fig. 3) until the rim was reached, indenting the whole surface ir- 

 regularly with the finger. A smooth recurved rim has then been added 

 in a very skilful manner. Two small conical bits of clay have been set 

 in near the rim, as if for ornament. The companion piece has a small 

 scroll-shaped ornament similarly placed.. 



Figure 2 shows the manner in which the spiral is started on the bot- 

 tom of the vessel. In some cases the crimping or indenting begins 

 with the spiral, but in others the strip of clay is left quite smooth for a 

 considerable space^ as in the example. 



Figure 3 represents a fragment of a large vase or jar obtained by Mr. 

 Jackson in the valley of Epsom Creek, Southeast Utah. The original 

 vessel has had a capacity of at least ten gallons, and has certainly pre- 

 sented a very attractive appearance, as the outline has beea quite 

 elegant and the surface-modelling symmetrical and highly artistic. It 

 has been built up in the usual manner of a continuous band or strip of 

 clay, the ornamentation has been varied by leaving occasional belts of 

 the overlapping strips quite plain, while the indentations in the alternat- 

 ing belts have been made with great care, probably with the thumb. 

 The rim is smooth and upright and has a diameter of 9 inches. The 

 neck is narrow and straight, and the body swells to 18 inches at the 

 greatest circumference. The specimen as given does not show this, how- 

 ever, as the lower part has been lost. The inside is smooth j the mate- 

 rial is coarse clay, in which can be seen much coarse sand, apparently 

 ground granite, as fragments of both quartz and hornblende appear. 

 For so large a vessel the walls are remarkably thin, not being more thau 

 one-fourth of an inch thick in any part. 



Figure 4. The vase of which this is a large fragment has been much 

 smaller than the preceding, and of greatly inferior workmanship. It 

 has resembled more closely the specimen given in Figure 1, but is es- 

 pecially noticeable from the attempt at ornament. A festoon-like strip 

 of clay has been laid on beneath the rim. 



Figure 5. This is one of the best specimens of raised ornamentation 

 in the collection. It has been modelled entirely with the fingers, and 

 retains perfectly the most delicate markings of the skin. The strips of 

 clay, which run obliquely across the specimen, have 'been indented, as 

 usual, with the thumb, and the projecting " beads" have been slightly 

 drawn down and pointed by pressure between the fingers. The draw- 

 ing is nearly natural size. 



Figure 6. The modelling of this specimen is hardly inferior to that of 

 the preceding. The strips of clay have been laid on with great care, 

 every other layer, only, being pressed down and indented. It can be 

 seen that each impression of the thumb is clearly defined, and the nail- 

 marks are as distinct as if made yesterday. 



Figure 7. This specimen differs from the others given in having been 

 indented with some sharp implement. The clay spiral has been laid on 

 and gently pressed down by the fingers. Afterward an ornamental 

 design has been produced by a series of sharp indentations. 



If we should judge by the curvature of these fragments, the complete 



