. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . s no reason to doubtthat this form wrs made in prehis-toric times. Numerous specimens(figures 14-] 9) were found atHomolobi, Chevlon, and Chavespass, and the material of whiclithey are made differs in )io respectfrom that of other vessels. A very fine specimen of coiledware (figure 15) had a handle madeof two coils of cla\- artisticallytwisted together. There were afew specimens of cups with flat bottoms, but tlie majority were in the form of small vases with rounded base. The decora-tion of t
. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . s no reason to doubtthat this form wrs made in prehis-toric times. Numerous specimens(figures 14-] 9) were found atHomolobi, Chevlon, and Chavespass, and the material of whiclithey are made differs in )io respectfrom that of other vessels. A very fine specimen of coiledware (figure 15) had a handle madeof two coils of cla\- artisticallytwisted together. There were afew specimens of cups with flat bottoms, but tlie majority were in the form of small vases with rounded base. The decora-tion of the cups was external;the interior was smooth,without figures. Geometricalfigures predominated in or-namentation. Several speci-mens bore evidences of con-siderable use, the rims beingill some cases much of the best of these cups,with handle made of twocoils, is shown in figure 16. The bowl-shaped cup shownin figure 17 is made of roughcoiled ware decorated on the exterior, and has a glossy, black innersurface. The foiiu of the handle is exceptional, and is not duplicatedin the Fig. lu. ilug fruin Homolobi (number ;u i
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