Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Indians of New Mexico And Arizona in 1879 / Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 307-428

by James Stevenson

COLLECTION FROM SANTO DOMINGO.

ARTICLES OF CLAY.

WATER VESSELS.

There are but nine pieces of this pottery, and all but two of these are small images or drinking vessels in the form of birds.

Fig. 649 ([39510]) (⅓)

Fig. 648 ([39657]) (½)

2520. ([39510]). A double globe jar or canteen. White ground, with ornamentations in black, as seen in Fig. [649]. Depression in the center is probably designed to receive a band or cord to carry it with.

2521. (39513). Large black bowl; no ornamentation.

Images of black ware; two pieces; a bird on pedestal and a quadruped.

2522-2523. 2522, (39652a); 2523, (39652b).

2524-2525. 2524, (39653), and 2525, (39654). Human images, very rude.

2526. (39658). Bird on pedestal.

Small drinking vessels in the form of birds. White ornamented ware.

2527. (39655). With four rows of dots on the side; no tail.

2528. (39656). With handle; tail and neck ornamented.

2529. ([39657]). No ornamentation except a line or two and some dots on the head. Fig. [648].