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

ARTICLES OF CLAY.

WATER VASES.

These are mostly of the usual form, though some should, probably on account of their shape, be designated as jars. A few have the margin undulate, and some are without any distinct neck.

They are generally well made and very symmetrical, of white ware, with decorations in black, brown, or red colors.

Fig. 585 ([41295]) (⅓)

Fig. 586 ([42385]) (⅓)

2290. ([41295]). Small, with opposite handles or ears, resembling rats peeping into the vessel; body decorated with broad oblique stripes and figures resembling corn blades. Shown in Fig. [585].

2291. ([42382]). Small, decorated with birds fighting, their feathers ruffled. Fig. [612].

2292. (42384). Small, with a single broad undulate band around the body, having a white stripe in the middle marked with a row of dots.

2293. ([42385]). Fig. [586]. Scalloped and straight band around the neck; body with two interlaced undulate bands, with triangles alternately in the inclosed and upper spaces.