. Bulletin. Ethnology. 78 BUKEAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [btill. 126 triangles with interlocking volutes. There are four of these units. The two at the left extend into two panels in the lower row forming figures very suggestive of the so-called seahorse. Where these figures continue in the lower row the dots are omitted. In one of the lower units the opposing element is not dotted, but in the other the dots are present. The latter also has dots along one side of the framing line, put there, no doubt, in an effort to balance those on one of the elements. The central portion of the lower row of t
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 78 BUKEAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [btill. 126 triangles with interlocking volutes. There are four of these units. The two at the left extend into two panels in the lower row forming figures very suggestive of the so-called seahorse. Where these figures continue in the lower row the dots are omitted. In one of the lower units the opposing element is not dotted, but in the other the dots are present. The latter also has dots along one side of the framing line, put there, no doubt, in an effort to balance those on one of the elements. The central portion of the lower row of the panel has two units, triangular in shape, with squiggled lines cutting across the. Figure 23.—Little Colorado form of canteen decoration. enclosed area to make a form of hachure. One of the units has the composing lines running obliquely across the area, while the other has an open space in the center framed by squiggled lines on three sides, the lines cutting across the corners, and two pendant triangles on the fourth. Both of these units are bordered by parallel-framing lines. The last unit in the panel balances the first and is composed of two rows of opposed-dotted triangles with interlocking volutes. Due to the curve of the vessel wall this unit is not clear on the drawing of the canteen and is projected at one side so that the irreg- ularities in the pattern are evident. The lower right-hand corner of this last unit has a roughly circular blob of paint that presumably was intended to be a triangle but due to a brush too full of pigment did not attain that form. The panel on the other side has an upper row of four units composed of opposed and dotted triangles with. 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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