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bands meet, carefully finishing the dark bands with this object in view. 

 All the other bands about the jar are continuous, and do not show where 

 they were joined. In this upper zone there are six geometrical compound 

 figures, each of which is a copy of the others. These are carefully painted 

 in black upon the white ground, and a small portion in each figure is filled 

 in by narrow parallel lines in red. 



The second zone is wider than any of the others, and occupies a 

 vertical space on the jar of 3^ inches. In this zone there is a proces- 

 sion of seven deer or elk, with branched antlers and male organs. These 

 animal figures are represented in profile, without any attempt at per- 

 spective, and with little regard to proportion. The antlers, ears, and legs 

 of both sides are shown by placing one in front of the other, and the 

 double hoof is represented by two short parallel lines, one of which is 

 aver the other. The legs are remarkably straight and slender, the joints 

 being indicated by slight protuberances. A white portion is left around 

 the dark oval representing the eye, and another white crescent-shaped 

 portion is left on the rump. Extending from the nose to over the fore 

 legs is a dark fine, outlined by the white ground, which terminates in 

 a triangular figure, the centre of which is red. This evidently is intended 

 to represent the heart and lungs of the animal and probably expresses 

 life. Under this line from the nose are four white blotches which seem to 

 have some connection with an idea of expressing a mouth and throat. In 

 front of each of these animal figures, which are drawn in black and brown, 

 there is a peculiar branched figure painted in red. This figure may be 

 intended to represent a plant, but its regular, geometrical design makes 

 it difficult to determine. It consists of five divisions branching from a 

 root. Three of these branches terminate in coils to the right, one to the 

 left, and the lowest branch of all is simple and short. 



Between the two black lines defining the third zone, which is not much 

 over half the width of those above and below it, there are eight deer, repre- 

 sented in the same manner as in the zone above, but they are not as large, 

 and, in order to get the figures into the limited vertical space, the animals 

 are represented with very short legs. 



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