462 The Ancient Pottery of Colorado, ete. [ August, 
inches in diameter, the mouth being five inches across. Figure 
8 represents a diminutive jug which I dug up at Aztec Springs. 
In it I found a number of fragments of burnt corn-cobs. It had 
two opposite handles near the neck ; the diameter of the globular 
vessel was about four and a half inches, and an inch and a half 
across the mouth. Figure 9 shows a common utensil shaped like 
‘a dipper ‘or ladle. This particular specimen was picked -up im ji 
Montezuma Cañon, Utah, and measures across the bowl three 
and a half inches, the handle being four inches long. Figure 
12 is an exceedingly interesting vessel exhumed from an ancient 
grave of the Mancos by Captain John Moss. Several similar 
pitchers were taken from the same tomb, together with some 
polished stone implements and a human jaw-bone. Figures 7 
and 10 are modern. In Plate X. the majority of figures repre- 
sent fragments from bowls, similar to Figure 1. This form 0 
vessel seems to have been particularly abundant, varying in size 
from two inches to two feet in diameter. They are highly glazed 
and painted usually on the inner surface, though sometimes they 
are ornamented both internally and externally. This plate is in- 
tended to illustrate some of the more artistic designs which are 
found on much of this ancient pottery. Figure 4 shows a Mal- 
tese cross, a figure which is quite common in the inner centre of 
the bottoms of bowls. Many such designs were picked up, and 
they have been found in ruins a hundred miles apart. Figure 9 
is a fragment of a bowl whose rim was originally thirteen inches 
in diameter. This is the largest specimen of the finer glaz 
ware discovered by the party. Figures 13 and 14 are particularly 
well executed. This ware is firm and hard, and never exceeds a 
half-inch in thickness. Figures 18 and 19 are portions of smaller 
bowls or cups of five inches diameter. 
Mr. W. H. Holmes says of the pottery of the M ; 
study of the fragmentary ware found about the ruins is very inter 
esting, and its immense quantity is a constant matter of wonder. 
On one occasion, while encamped near the foot of Mancos Canon 
I undertook to collect all fragments of vessels of manifestly differ- 
ent designs within a certain space, and by selecting pieces having 
peculiarly marked rims I was able to say with certainty that 
_ Within ten feet square there were fragments of fifty-five different 
vessels. In shape these vessels have been so varied that ci 
forms known to civilized art could not be found.” 
Figure 1 of Plate XI. is a large corrugated jar with 
ity of about three gallons. The vessel was commence 
ancos, “ The 
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