. Bulletin. Ethnology. 50 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 81 heavy black line, and perched on this were birds. The most of the rim is gone, but one bird is still to be seen. This bowl is very hard biscuit ware and apparently contains considerable gypsum. The slip must have been very hard to take the fine polish which is still in evidence. Figure 12, A, & large dark gray fragment without any undertone, is very interesting. There is no interior decoration to be seen and. Interior and exterior decoration on biscuit ware food bowls. from the shape of the bowl there probably never was any.
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 50 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 81 heavy black line, and perched on this were birds. The most of the rim is gone, but one bird is still to be seen. This bowl is very hard biscuit ware and apparently contains considerable gypsum. The slip must have been very hard to take the fine polish which is still in evidence. Figure 12, A, & large dark gray fragment without any undertone, is very interesting. There is no interior decoration to be seen and. Interior and exterior decoration on biscuit ware food bowls. from the shape of the bowl there probably never was any. The ex- terior decoration is that of a centipede. Part of the tail and part of the head can still be seen. Whether there was more than one centipede or not can not be stated, as a large part of the sides and rim are gone. The shape of the bowl is different from the others. The sides slope up in a curve to about halfway from the top, and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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