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olla secured by Mr. Francis Klett at Zufii, with which is the following mem- 

 orandum: "The olla was found at the pueblo of Zuni, where it was manu- 

 factured. Its age cannot be given. However, it is certain that it had not 

 been used for a long time previous to my visit, and was found stored away 

 among broken pottery and other objects." This olla is 14 inches in greatest 

 diameter, which is at a line drawn through its upper third. From this 

 portion above it is symmetrically rounded to its shoulder to which is joined 

 the oblique neck, terminating in a slightly retroverted rim about its mouth, 

 which is 8 inches in diameter. Below its widest portion it gradually 

 decreases in diameter to within an inch and a half of the bottom, measured 

 vertically, whence it rapidly decreases to its round concave base of 

 only 4 inches diameter. The total height of the vessel is 12 inches. It 

 is very nearly symmetrical, the slightly irregular outline of the rim being 

 the only thing that catches the eye in this respect. There is much in the 

 style of the colored ornamentation on this vessel that has a general resem- 

 blance to what is called Phoenician art, particularly to some of the patterns 

 found by General Cesnola at Cyprus, which is of considerable interest 

 in the study of corresponding developments among widely separated 

 peoples. The vessel is made of a gray clay, is thin and light, and is 

 well baked, approaching in these respects the character of the ancient 

 pottery more than to that obtained from the pueblos in Eastern New Mexico. 

 On its inside and around the rim is a slight red wash, probably consisting 

 of a very thin mixture of red ochre and clay. Its base and about 3 inches 

 of its under surface are also red, but the color is much deeper than on the 

 inside. Above this red basal portion the vessel has received a thin but per- 

 fect wash of white clay, and this portion is divided into four zones, formed 

 by parallel black lines, painted over the white, which are evenly drawn 

 around the jar. 



The upper of these zones is defined above by a narrow black line 

 just under the lip of the vessel, and below by two bands, each of which 

 is about one-fourth of an inch in width. These were painted on the 

 shoulder of the jar, and the very narrow white line left between them 

 adds much to the artistic effect produced. From some peculiar freak the 

 decoi ator has left a very narrow white border, where the two ends of these 



