Fig. 348—Triangular and terrace figures
So far as decorative elements are concerned the design in [figure 349] can be compared with some of those preceding, but it differs from them in combination. The motive in [figure 350] is not unlike the ornamentation of certain oriental vases, except from the presence of the terraced figures. In [figure 351] there are two designs separated by an inclined break the edge of which is dentate. This figure is introduced to show the method of treatment of alternating triangles of varying depth of color and the breaks in the marginal bands or "lines of life." One of the simplest combinations of triangular and rectangular figures is shown in [figure 353], proving how effectually the original design may be obscured by concentration.
Fig. 349—Crook, terrace, and parallel lines
Fig. 350—Triangles, squares, and terraces
In the foregoing descriptions I have endeavored to demonstrate that, notwithstanding the great variety of designs considered, the types used are very limited in number. The geometrical forms are rarely curved lines, and it may be said that spirals, which appear so constantly on pottery from other (and possibly equally ancient or older) pueblos than Sikyatki, are absent in the external decorations of specimens found in the ruins of the latter village.