. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . rizona has failed to re-veal a single specimen of a vase madein the human form. This, however,is not true of pottery from all partsof the pueblo area. The ancient peo-ple of southern Arizona manufac-tured human eflflgies in clay, thetypical forms of which have not, sofar as is known, been described. Theparticular interest attached to thevases here described, which justifies calling them into prominence byspecial mention, is due to the rarity of this type in ancient pueblocollections, its reapp
. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . rizona has failed to re-veal a single specimen of a vase madein the human form. This, however,is not true of pottery from all partsof the pueblo area. The ancient peo-ple of southern Arizona manufac-tured human eflflgies in clay, thetypical forms of which have not, sofar as is known, been described. Theparticular interest attached to thevases here described, which justifies calling them into prominence byspecial mention, is due to the rarity of this type in ancient pueblocollections, its reappearance in certain vases from Arkansas, and itscommon occurrence in the northern States of old Mexico. The accompanying illustration (figure 121) shows one of vasesfrom the cave in the Nantacks mentioned above. It is made ofcoarse material and has a rough exterior, with patches of a calcareousdeposit on the surface. This deposit of lime is found in greater orless amount on most of the specimens from this cave, and was depos-ited on them by water charged with lime percolating from the rocks. Fig. 121. Human effigy vase from a cavein the Nantacks (number 1775191. 190 TWO summers work in pueblo ruins [eth, 2i ill whifli the cave was formed. Attempts to rul) off this film are evi-dent in some places; but elsewhere, as under the right eye, consider-able patches remain, probably concealing sjmbols on the right cheek. The head is marked oif l)y a constriction representing the neck,and the eyes, nose, mouth, chin, and ears are well represented. As isgenerally the case with idols of stone, wood, or clay from the puebloregion, the details of the head are better represented than those ofthe body or limbs. No attempt was made in this to represent the legs, and thearms are simply irregular ridges, one on each side of the body. Theshape of the body is irregularis globular; the base is flat. The vaseis of about uniform thickness, the outlines of its cavity conformingin a v
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