BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY—— SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT PL. CLXII
GEOMETRIC ORNAMENTATION FROM SIKYATKI
Four parallel bands encircle the bowl shown in [figure 279], but they are so modified in their course as to form a number of trapezoidal figures placed with alternating sides parallel. This interesting pattern is found only on one vessel.
The use of simple parallel bars, arranged at equal intervals on the outside of food bowls, is not confined to these vessels, for they occur on the margin of vases, cups, and dippers. They likewise occur on ladle handles, where they are arranged in alternate transverse and longitudinal clusters.
Fig. 280—Parallel lines connected by middle bar.
The combination of two vertical bands connected by a horizontal band, forming the letter H, is an ornamental design frequently occurring on the finest Hopi ware. [Figure 280] shows such an H form, which is ordinarily repeated four times about the bowl.