. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . Ki. 9^. Bird dosiyn oufood liowl from Four-mile Fio. m. Bird designs on food liowl from Four-mile ruin (number 177170), The bird design reproduced in figure 03 shows a long curved snout,and parallel lines Iepresenting feathers on tail and wings. The twolegs are thrown out of perspective, but so closely do they resemble 148 TWO SUMMKKS WORK IN PUEBLO RUINS [eth. ann. 22 tliose of some other bii-il figures that tliere can be little doubt of theirhomology. In the same iuclosure in which th
. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . Ki. 9^. Bird dosiyn oufood liowl from Four-mile Fio. m. Bird designs on food liowl from Four-mile ruin (number 177170), The bird design reproduced in figure 03 shows a long curved snout,and parallel lines Iepresenting feathers on tail and wings. The twolegs are thrown out of perspective, but so closely do they resemble 148 TWO SUMMKKS WORK IN PUEBLO RUINS [eth. ann. 22 tliose of some other bii-il figures that tliere can be little doubt of theirhomology. In the same iuclosure in which the bird is depicted thereis also a figure of a dragon fly, and outside the inclosure is a pictureof another bird. This is one of the most interesting avian picturesfrom Four-mile ruin. The representation of tail feathers by i^arallellines iu this figure is corroborative of the same interpretation ofparallel lines elsewhere shown on ancient Pueljlo pottery. Theform of the head and the long curved beak is common in severalother pictures of birds, and an effigy vase with beak of a likestructure is. described from Ohevloii ruin in the rei^ort of theexpedi
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