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

2507. (39854). Double-headed figure of a bird on pedestal.

2508. (39855). Bird on pedestal; ruffled back.

2509-2518. 2509, (39856); 2510, ([39857]), Fig. [645]; 2511, (39858); 2512; (39859); 2513, (39860); 2514, (39861); 2515, (39769); 2516, (39775); 2517, (39883); 2518, (39862), are figures of birds on pedestals, except No. 2514, which is the figure of a little duck, and probably is a toy water vessel.

2519. (39524). A toy cup or basket in the shape of an olla, with handle, the figure of the little water insect or worm appears on this, the only instance in the Cochiti pottery.

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.