﻿FIFTH 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  I908 
  225 
  

  

  used 
  before 
  saucers 
  were 
  available, 
  Iwi 
  replied 
  through 
  the 
  inter- 
  

   preter, 
  that 
  she 
  had 
  heard 
  that 
  for 
  large 
  vessels 
  the 
  base 
  was 
  set 
  

   in 
  a 
  hole 
  in 
  the 
  sand 
  lined 
  with 
  some 
  sort 
  of 
  cloth, 
  the 
  sand 
  being 
  

   often 
  inclosed 
  in 
  a 
  basket 
  for 
  convenience. 
  For 
  small 
  vessels, 
  she 
  

   said, 
  a 
  saucer 
  made 
  of 
  gourd 
  was 
  just 
  as 
  serviceable 
  as 
  one 
  of 
  

   china, 
  and 
  as 
  I 
  liked 
  the 
  old 
  style, 
  she 
  would 
  take 
  care 
  to 
  use 
  

   gourd 
  supports 
  hereafter 
  m 
  making 
  pottery 
  for 
  me. 
  It 
  was 
  her 
  

   custom, 
  she 
  continued, 
  when 
  making 
  the 
  large, 
  fiat-bottomed 
  

   hominy 
  jars 
  to 
  set 
  the 
  base 
  on 
  the 
  oval, 
  flat 
  utensil 
  of 
  wood 
  before 
  

   mentioned, 
  especially 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  and 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  

   handle 
  at 
  either 
  end 
  to 
  facilitate 
  turning. 
  

  

  The 
  bowl-shaped 
  base 
  having 
  been 
  safely 
  ensconced 
  in 
  the 
  saucer 
  

   she 
  pinched 
  its 
  edges 
  thin 
  with 
  wet 
  fingers 
  ; 
  then, 
  rapidly 
  rolling 
  

   out 
  a 
  lump 
  of 
  clay 
  on 
  a 
  plank 
  into 
  a 
  long 
  thin 
  cylinder 
  [pi. 
  4J 
  

   she 
  applied 
  it 
  just 
  inside 
  the 
  rim 
  of 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  projecting 
  above 
  

   it 
  about 
  half 
  its 
  width, 
  pinching 
  it 
  fast 
  the 
  while 
  until 
  the 
  circuit 
  

   v/as 
  completed 
  [pi. 
  5]. 
  The 
  coil 
  proved 
  a 
  bit 
  too 
  long, 
  so 
  she 
  

   broke 
  the 
  superfluous 
  piece 
  off 
  and 
  blended 
  the 
  two 
  ends 
  together 
  

   with 
  care. 
  Then 
  by 
  careful 
  pinching 
  and 
  smoothing 
  with 
  wet 
  

   fingers 
  and 
  finger 
  nails 
  the 
  coil 
  was 
  blended 
  with 
  the 
  bowl-shaped 
  

   base 
  and 
  thinned 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  to 
  receive 
  another 
  coil 
  which 
  was 
  also 
  

   applied 
  inside. 
  The 
  object 
  of 
  applying 
  each 
  coil 
  inside 
  instead 
  of 
  

   directly 
  on 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  was 
  to 
  produce 
  strength 
  by 
  over- 
  

   lapping. 
  Thus 
  the 
  coiling 
  proceeded 
  until 
  the 
  required 
  form 
  and 
  

   hight 
  were 
  reached, 
  when 
  the 
  rim 
  coil 
  was 
  applied 
  outside 
  the 
  

   one 
  beneath. 
  After 
  being 
  blended 
  in 
  the 
  usual 
  way 
  this 
  was 
  

   pmched 
  into 
  lateral 
  protuberances, 
  and 
  notched, 
  dotted 
  or 
  marked 
  

   with 
  a 
  sharpened 
  stick 
  to 
  suit 
  the 
  fancy 
  [pi. 
  8]. 
  After 
  each 
  coil 
  

   had 
  been 
  applied 
  and 
  blended 
  the 
  vessel 
  was 
  allowed 
  to 
  dry 
  and 
  

   harden 
  a 
  few 
  minutes 
  before 
  the 
  next 
  one 
  was 
  added 
  ; 
  and 
  after 
  

   the 
  jar 
  had 
  received 
  its 
  shape 
  it 
  was 
  allowed 
  to 
  become 
  quite 
  firm 
  

   before 
  the 
  final 
  stamping 
  was 
  applied. 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  be 
  remembered 
  that 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  vessel 
  had 
  already 
  

   been 
  stamped 
  before 
  being 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  saucer, 
  so 
  it 
  was 
  now 
  only 
  

   necessary 
  to 
  strike 
  the 
  body 
  briskly 
  with 
  the 
  wet 
  paddle 
  until 
  the 
  

   surface 
  was 
  covered 
  with 
  its 
  imprints 
  [pi. 
  6]. 
  In 
  one 
  jar 
  the 
  

   stamping 
  was 
  complete 
  before 
  the 
  rim 
  was 
  added. 
  After 
  stamp- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  vessel 
  was 
  set 
  away 
  to 
  dry. 
  

  

  The 
  fact 
  that 
  Iwi 
  used 
  no 
  tools 
  except 
  the 
  paddle, 
  the 
  marking 
  

   stick 
  and 
  her 
  fingers 
  seemed 
  remarkable 
  to 
  me, 
  in 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  

   numerous 
  smoothing 
  tools 
  of 
  gourd, 
  shell 
  and 
  wood 
  employed 
  by 
  

  

  