. Bulletin. Ethnology. / Fig. 29.—Outlines of culinary vessel shapes on the nonculinary ;7 Chemical analysis of the red pigment shows that its chief constituent was red iron ocher. There was considerable variation in shapes even at this early stage in the development of the ceramic industry. From the fragments found it is clear that the potters made full-bodied jars with con- stricted necks; full-bodied vessels of an elongated spherical shape with wide orifice; globular or spherical pots with a slightly depressed top and wide orifice; globular vessels with a small circular opening
. Bulletin. Ethnology. / Fig. 29.—Outlines of culinary vessel shapes on the nonculinary ;7 Chemical analysis of the red pigment shows that its chief constituent was red iron ocher. There was considerable variation in shapes even at this early stage in the development of the ceramic industry. From the fragments found it is clear that the potters made full-bodied jars with con- stricted necks; full-bodied vessels of an elongated spherical shape with wide orifice; globular or spherical pots with a slightly depressed top and wide orifice; globular vessels with a small circular opening at the top; bowls, pitchers, ladles, and small vessels with lateral spouts. For culinary purposes the shapes most generally used seem to have been elongated spherical forms with slightly depressed tops and *7 Morris, Beginnings of Pottery Making in the San Juan Area, p. 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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