530 PUEBLO RUINS NEAR WINSLOW, ARIZONA. 



object is unsurpassed, and with the exception of one other is the only 

 veritable mosaic frog known to me from ruins in the Southwest. 1 



The Ohevlon ruin revealed a few specimens of shell carving, one of 

 the best of which was a Pectunculus cut in the shape of a frog, with per- 

 forations for eyes. Many shell armlets, bracelets, finger rings, and per- 

 forated shells of the same species were likewise found. There ought 

 likewise to be mentioned two objects cut out of shell representing, pos- 

 sibly, some animal with head, four legs, and a tail. One of the armlets 

 was beautifully decorated with an incised pattern which is variously 

 modified in color on many prehistoric bowls and jars. 



Wood, bone, and shell incrusted with turquoise mosaic were familiar 

 objects to the inhabitants of the Ohevlon. One of the most interesting 

 ornaments is a pear-shaped pendant of bone, covered on one surface 

 with a turquoise mosaic. Shell and turquoise were combined in an 

 incrustation on wood in another specimen. 



A set of gaming reeds was found in a grave at the Ohevlon. These 

 were five in number (four is now the prescribed number), and are simi- 

 larly marked to those used in gaming at modern Zuiii. This game was, 

 however, known in ancient Tusayan, for we found at old Cunopavi a 

 beautiful food basin with the same four reeds depicted upon it. 



In the same grave with the gaming reeds we found fragments of a 

 bow and arrow which seems to refer the owner to a warrior priesthood. 



The pottery from the Ohevlon ruin has many resemblances to that 

 of the ancient Zuiii ruins, but is not so fine as that from Sikyatki or 

 Cuiiopavi, the old Tusayan pueblos. The predominating colors are dif- 

 ferent from the latter and similar to those of ancient Cibolan ware, but 

 its decorating designs are mostly geometric figures. As the symbolism 

 of the Ohevlon pottery is essentially the same as that of Homolobi, 

 which is undoubtedly Tusayan, and closely akin to that of Cibolan 

 ruins, I am led to the belief that the differences between the old Tusa- 

 yan towns of the Colorado Ohiquito and those of its tributary, the Eio 

 Zuiii, were not very great, and that there was a closer similarity between 

 the ancient Zunis and Mokis than between the modern pueblos; so 

 that both people may consistently claim kinship with the same ancient 

 people, and their present differences may be interpreted rather as later 

 differentiations than due to dissimilar origins. 



Several vessels of clay, painted and fired, made in the forms of ani- 

 mals, were found at the Chevlon ruin. One of these was identified by 

 the Indian workmen as a duck, while others were called birds. One or 

 two of these were so conventionalized that the head, wings, and tail 

 were represented by knobs on the surface of the jar. The most striking 

 of the bird-formed vessels had the form of a macaw or parrot, 2 figures 

 of which bird are constant decorations on many objects of pottery. The 



'I have, however, seen one or two other specimens which were cleverly made. 

 2 The macaw or "gyazro" gens was associated with the Patki, and for obvious 

 reasons came from the South, where the parrot is found. 



