. Bulletin. Ethnology. 134 BUREAU OF AMEEICAX ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 96 The pigment of both a and & is a thin black, and the decorations are scarcely discernible because the vessels were not given a slip. Their paste is a dark brown in color and materially lessens the effectiveness of the designs. On the other hand, c and d were painted with a good black pigment on carefully slipped bowls and as a re- sult show quite distinctly. There is only one other feature in connection with designs or figures on bowls whicli is of special interest and that is the occasional. FiGUKE 35.—More olaLorate forms
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 134 BUREAU OF AMEEICAX ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 96 The pigment of both a and & is a thin black, and the decorations are scarcely discernible because the vessels were not given a slip. Their paste is a dark brown in color and materially lessens the effectiveness of the designs. On the other hand, c and d were painted with a good black pigment on carefully slipped bowls and as a re- sult show quite distinctly. There is only one other feature in connection with designs or figures on bowls whicli is of special interest and that is the occasional. FiGUKE 35.—More olaLorate forms of bowl decoration lines found on the exterior of vessels. (PI. 31.) They are rather curious because they are similar to those found to a large extent on bowls of later periods coming from ruins of the Chaco cultures. The lines on the latter were presumably for the purpose of emphasizing the line break. The line break consists of a small unpainted space on the rim of a vessel, which some of the modern Pueblo Indians explain on the ground that if the line was made a complete circle the spirit of the vessel could not pass in or out at will and the container would crack. The curious feature about the Piedra examples is that al-. 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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