460 The Ancient Pottery of Colorado, ete. [ August, 
ancient ware found in the Pueblo de Chelly; it is about three 
and a half inches in diameter, symmetrically shaped, and accu- 
rately painted. It is, indeed, one of ‘the most perfect and best 
finished speeimens which has ever been brought from the West. 
Plate VIII., Figure 9, represents a fragment of a jar of the 
indented ware; Plate VIII., Figure 10, a portion of an ancient 
dipper, and Figure 11 a rare piece of pottery, ornamented in 
white on a smooth, black ground. This ornamentation has been 
accomplished, doubtless, in part or wholly, by stretching twisted 
thongs and straws across the surface and painting over the whole. 
This leaves the lines of white spots and the stripes. The origi- 
nal vessel was a large one (probably a foot and a half in diameter), 
and much labor must have been expended in its ornamentation. 
Occasionally the ancient potters applied the decorative art to 
the entire external surfaces of vessels. Figure 12, Plate VIL, 
shows a portion of the bottom of an urn of the indented variety, 
in which the design consists of impressed lines alternating in series 
of circles and rows of scales. In this specimen the ornamentation 
has been accomplished, the circles by the pressure of a sharp oF 
pointed instrument, and the rest by means of the side of a 
rounded stick at regular intervals, and finished by the thumb of 
the maker. This bottom is generally convex but somewhat flat- 
tened at the centre, so that the original jar would stand on & 
level surface without support. In another specimen of a water 
vessel I observed eight small notches or cuts close together on 
the edge of the rim, which had evidently been filed there with 
a sharp or serrated instrument of stone. These I believe to have 
formed a tally or score, perhaps registering the number of times 
the vessel was filled at the spring on some particular occasion. 
Figure 1 of Plate IX. represents a fragment of a jar, and the 
reconstructed vessel found in the valley of Epsom Creek, Utab. 
It is of the indented ware, and was made by winding narrow 
strips of clay spirally, one edge of each whorl overlapping a 
edge of the next. The scaled appearance was produced as usual 
by indentations of the thumb, and for variety several rows were 
often left untouched. The dimensions of the original were about 
eighteen inches in diameter and height, and half this distance 
_ across the mouth. Figures 2, 8, and 11 show the original forms 
of restored mugs or cups. Figure 3 is a particularly fine exam- 
ple of this style of vessel, having a double handle. These aver- 
age four inches in height. Figuré 6 is a fragment of ea E 
possessing a recurved lip. The entire vessel was probably ten | : 
