1881.] Pueblo Pottery. 455 
Zui, and Dr. J. M. Shields, of Jemez, New Mexico, for a large 
number of characteristic and interesting specimens of modern 
ware from several of the Pueblo villages. Some of these exam- 
ples have been in constant use as household utensils for a score 
of years, and represent the Indian art in its original purity. These 
vessels vary from three inches to two feet in diameter, the common- 
est form being a sphere surmounted by a short, broad cylindrical 
mouth. One of the finer specimens is an o//a or meal bowl from 
Laguna, thirteen inches in diameter and eight in height, the body 
of which is ornamented with geometrical designs and conven- 
tional bird-shaped figures, while the shoulder or expanded neck 
is decorated with paintings of the elk or deer, This animal fig- 
Fic. 1,—Water vessel from Jemez. 
ures largely on much of the Pueblo pottery, and is often found on 
the Laguna jars. It is characterized by an exceedingly large 
head, thin small body and attenuated legs, with a passage extend- 
ing from the mouth to the heart, which is usually triangular. 
The latter js generally colored red, though sometimes brown or 
ack, A particularly interesting pot, or ¢eneha, as it is called, 
PoSsessing a capacity of three or four gallons, had been in use in 
the tribe for upwards of twenty years. Its value consists in the 
Peculiarity of its ornamentation, being covered with paintings of 
“erpents and conventional devices. It is difficult now to procure 
such pieces with representations of snakes, frogs, the sun and 
moon, as, according to Mr. Menaul, the priests monopolize these 
Symbols and discourage the people from employing them. In 
