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wings are represented by parallel lines or feathers, a conventionalism 

 still used on the bodies of Moki dolls. 



One of the most suggestive of these jars of animal form is a bird- 

 shaped vessel with folded appendages on each side which suggest legs. 

 It is barely possible that these may be reptilian appendages, in which 

 case the mind naturally recalls the intimate association of the bird 

 and snake, which has been worked out in so clever a way in carvings 

 from Yucatan ruins. 



The decoration of rudely coiled or indented pueblo pottery was rarely 

 practiced, but several good specimens were obtained from the ruins of 

 the Little Colorado. This ware is instructive as furnishing a passage 

 from rude ware to highly decorated polished pottery. The accompany- 

 ing figures show the general character of this kind of ware; it has 

 a peculiarly formed handle, which is nowhere else duplicated. The 

 interior is perfectly polished and black, closely resembling the modern 

 ware of Santa Clara. While this kind of pottery was never exten- 

 sively manufactured along the Little Colorado, it was not unknown to 

 the people who once dwelt there. 



A remarkably line series of ladles was taken from the graves at the 

 Chevlon ruin, which, while they present no marked peculiarities, are 

 of special interest in the study of the modification in form of their 

 handles. In one specimen the handle is double; in another, decorated 

 with a human figure, and many specimens are ornamented with alter- 

 nating parallel and cross bars. While the interior of the bowl is gener- 

 ally decorated with geometric patterns, we find the rare abnormality of 

 a figure of a face resembling a Katcina depicted on its surface. 



A peculiar kind of ware, so far as I know new to collections of pre- 

 historic pottery from our Southwest, was limited to bowls from the 

 three ruins studied by us last summer. The dominating colors are 

 red, black, and white, the relative amount of the latter predominating. 

 The figures are geometric or stellate, terraced and zigzag forms mak- 

 ing up the greater part. Spirals and curved figures are absent. 

 While ware of this kind has been taken only from the area covered by 

 our excavations, its limitation has not been determined. The fact that 

 it is not found at Sikyatki may be explained on the ground that this 

 pueblo was settled by the Kokop or Firewood people, who came not 

 from the south, but from the east, but it is strange that no specimen of 

 it has yet been found in the modern limits of Tusayan. 



CHAVES PASS RUINS. 



The aboriginal dwellings in Chaves Pass were two in number, one of 

 which was larger than that at Homolobi, which I have already described. 

 These ancient pueblos were situated in the pass on two hills a short 

 distance apart. The country in which they lie is very different from 

 that inhabited by the accolents of the valleys of the Colorado Chiquito. 



