. Bulletin. Ethnology. 132 BUREAU OF AMEEICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 100 Two examples of decorations in which the bowl was bisected by a single central portion of the design are illustrated in Figure 21. The center of the bowl in a is crossed by a series of parallel lines which connect the two figures placed at opposite sides of the field for decoration. These central lines also connect some of those which border the triangular figures. This design is a good illustration of the manner in which two simple elements, parallel lines and volutes, may be combined to make a pattern which is fairly elaborat
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 132 BUREAU OF AMEEICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 100 Two examples of decorations in which the bowl was bisected by a single central portion of the design are illustrated in Figure 21. The center of the bowl in a is crossed by a series of parallel lines which connect the two figures placed at opposite sides of the field for decoration. These central lines also connect some of those which border the triangular figures. This design is a good illustration of the manner in which two simple elements, parallel lines and volutes, may be combined to make a pattern which is fairly elaborate. The decoration on h is more extensive and covers a greater proportion of the interior surface of the vessel. It really is a combination of two forms of ornamentation, the band and the bisecting figure. The series of solid pendent triangles around the rim and the bordering. Figure 21.—Designs, black-on-white bowls of the pit-house group parallel lines is typical and often is found alone. (PL 20, /.) De- signs of this type are common in both the late Basket Maker III and Pueblo I horizons.^^ The zigzag device, which is composed of seven parallel stepped or zigzag lines, which cuts across the approxi- mate center of the bowl, is very reminiscent of one of the character- istic forms of ornamentation on bowls of the Basket Maker III period.^^ This particular design is interesting because of certain irregularities in the number of bordering lines and also on account of the fact that it was not completed. The latter feature is shown at the lower right hand side of the drawing. (Fig. 21, h.) The filling in of the angles of some of the parallel bordering lines is a feature which is typical of the designs of the Pueblo I period. Many examples show this in a more pronounced way than does this one. This may be observed in some of the decorations discussed in following paragraphs. ^ Morris, E. H., 1927, fig. 24, o. Roberts, 1930, fig. 34. «'Morris, E. H., 1927, fig. 23, d\ fig. 38, 6.
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