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from Tezuque, Ildefonso, and other pueblos in the vicinity of Santa Fe\ 

 Among these smaller vessels are rude representations of birds with an 

 opening on the back. 



The collection also contains several small bowls, mugs, and pitchers 

 made of red clay, some of which were probably designed after common 

 Mexican forms. Several of these were apparently coated, before baking, 

 with a thin wash of clay containing pounded mica, which has given to the 

 objects an appearance somewhat resembling gilt-bronze. 



A number of solid terra-cotta figures were also obtained from Santa 

 Fe^ among which are some ornamented with white and black, and others 

 are coated with the pounded mica, as described above. These small figures 

 represent birds, men on horseback, and nude men and women. Some of 

 these have a tendency to obscenity, which is very likely the result of 

 contact with the vices of civilization. 



A water-bottle, of considerable interest from its shape, was obtained at 

 the pueblo of Ildefonso. This is made of red clay, like the ollas and bowls 

 of the same region, and is ornamented with black figures on a white ground. 

 Three of the figures rudely represent large birds, one in profile and the 

 others with the wings and feet extended to the right and left of the body, 

 and the head turned so as to be shown in profile, while the tail is expanded.* 

 The jar itself is evidently designed to represent a bird. The small neck 

 terminates in a mouth, which may be regarded as the head of the bird. 

 The tail is formed by a projection in the center of the jar opposite to the 

 mouth, and the two handles on the sides probably represent the wings. 

 When one of the smaller bird-like vessels is compared with this bottle its 

 general resemblance to a bird is readily seen. 



Several pieces of lustrous black pottery were also obtained at Santa 

 Fe\ and are supposed to have been brought in from the pueblo of Isleta on 

 the Rio Grande. Many of the objects made of this black pottery which 

 I have seen are imitations of ordinary cups and saucers, pitchers, etc., and 

 it is very likely that the knowledge of giving the black color to the clay 



*Many of the vessels in the C'esnola collection from Cyprus are ornamented with similar rude 

 figures of hirds, painted in black on a light ground. 



