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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION——BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY.
POTTERY
OF THE
ANCIENT PUEBLOS.
BY
WILLIAM H. HOLMES.
CONTENTS.
Page. Introductory 265 Pueblo art 266 Distribution 266 Character 266 Treatment 266 The ceramic art 267 Age 267 Material 267 Tempering 267 Construction 268 Surface finish 268 Firing 268 Glaze 268 Hardness 269 Color 269 Form 269 Origin of forms 269 Handles 271 Ornament 271 Origin of ornament 272 Use 272 Classification 272 Coil-made ware 273 Coiling 273 Coiling of the Pueblos 273 Coiling of other peoples 275 Origin of the coil 277 The coil in ornamentation 278 Other varieties of ornament 282 Material 283 Color, etc. 283 Form 283 Use 283 Illustrations of vessels 284 District of the Rio San Juan
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href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@41998@[email protected]#Page_284" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">284 District of the Rio Virgen 287 District of the Little Colorado 292 Pecos and the Rio Grande 298 District of the Rio Gila 299 Imitation coiled ware 299 Plain ware 299 Painted ware 302 Preliminary remarks 302 Color of designs 302 Execution 302 Stages of ornament 303 Classification of ware 304 White ware 305 Classification by forms 306 Bowls 306 Ollas 306 Bottles 306 Handled vessels 306 Eccentric and life forms 307 Illustrations 307 District of the Rio Virgen 307 Bowls 308 Ollas 314 Handled vessels 314 District of the Rio San Juan 315 Bowls 316 Handled cups 318 Ollas 318 Handled vases 319 District of the Colorado Chiquito 321 Bowls 322 Ollas 335 Bottles 343 Handled vessels 346 Eccentric and life forms 353 Concluding remarks
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class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">358
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Fig. 210.—Origin of forms 270 211.—Origin of forms 270 212.—Origin of forms 270 213.—Origin of forms 270 214.—Origin of forms 270 215.—Origin of handles 271 216.—Origin of handles 271 217.—Beginning of the coil 274 218.—Section of coil-made vessel 274 219.—Ordinary superposition of coils 277 220.—Coiled and plain surface 278 221.—Rib-like coil 279 222.—Rib-like coil 279 223.—Indented pattern 280 224.—Thumb-nail indentation 280 225.—Wave-like indentation 281 226.—Wave-like indentation 281 227.—Impressions of finger tips 281 228.—Implement indentations 281 229.—Nail markings 282 230.—Incised lines
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href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@41998@[email protected]#Page_282" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">282 231.—Incised pattern 282 232.—Applied fillet 283 233.—Examples of relief ornaments 283 234.—Examples of relief ornaments 283 235.—Examples of relief ornaments 283 236.—Examples of relief ornaments 283 237.—Examples of relief ornaments 283 238.—Examples of relief ornaments 283 239.—Vase from a cliff house, Mancos Cañon 285 240.—Vase from Epsom Creek 287 241.—Vase from tumulus at Saint George 288 242.—Vase from tumulus at Saint George 289 243.—Vase from tumulus at Saint George 290 244.—Bowl from tumulus at Saint George 291 245.—Vase from Parowan, Utah 291 246.—Cup from central Utah 292 247.—Vase from Zuñi 293 248.—Vase from Zuñi 294 249.—Mug from Tusayan 294 250.—Vase from Tusayan 295 251.—Vase from Tusayan
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href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@41998@[email protected]#Page_296" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">296 252.—Vessel from Tusayan 296 253.—Vase from Tusayan 297 254.—Bowl from Cibola 297 255.—Bottle from tumulus at Saint George 300 256.—Vase from tumulus at Saint George 301 257.—Vase from tumulus at Saint George 301 258.—Bowl from tumulus at Saint George 308 259.—Bowl from tumulus at Saint George 309 260.—Bowl from tumulus at Saint George 309 261.—Painted design 310 262.—Bowl from Kanab, Utah 310 263.—Painted design 311 264.—Bowl from Kanab, Utah 311 265.—Painted design 311 266.—Bowl from tumulus at Saint George 312 267.—Painted design 312 268.—Bowl from Tusayan 312 269.—Bowl from tumulus at Saint George 313 270.—Bowl from tumulus at Saint George 313 271.—Pitcher from tumulus at Saint George 314
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tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">272.—Bowl from Montezuma Cañon 316 273.—Bowl from San Juan Valley 316 274.—Bowl from San Juan Valley 317 275.—Bowl from San Juan Valley 317 276.—Painted design 318 277.—Handled cup from Montezuma Cañon 318 278.—Handled cup from Montezuma Cañon 318 279.—Vase from San Juan Valley 318 280.—Vase from San Juan Valley 319 281.—Vase lid from San Juan Valley 319 282.—Vase lid from San Juan Valley 319 283.—Handled bottle from San Juan Valley 319 284.—Handled bottle from San Juan Valley 320 285.—Handled mug from San Juan Valley 320 286.—Handled mug from San Juan Valley 320 287.—Handled mug from San Juan Valley 320 288.—Handled mug from southern Utah 320 289.—Bowl from Tusayan 322 290.—Bowl from Tusayan 323 291.—Painted design 323 292.—Bowl from Tusayan 324
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href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@41998@[email protected]#p325_f293" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">293.—Painted design 325 294.—Handled bowl from Tusayan 325 295.—Painted design 326 296.—Original form of painted design 326 297.—Handled cup from Tusayan 327 298.—Handled cup from Tusayan 327 299.—Dipper from Tusayan 327 300.—Dipper from Tusayan 328 301.—Figure of bird 328 302.—Dipper from Tusayan 328 303.—Painted design 329 304.—Painted design 329 305.—Unit of the design 329 306.—Bowl from Tusayan 330 307.—Bowl from Tusayan 331 308.—Bowl from Tusayan 331 309.—Bowl from Tusayan 332 310.—Bowl from Tusayan 332 311.—Painted design 333 312.—Bowl from Tusayan 333 313.—Bowl from Tusayan 334
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href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@41998@[email protected]#p334_f314" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">314.—Vase from Tusayan 334 315.—Vase from Tusayan 335 316.—Vase from Tusayan 335 317.—Vase from Tusayan 336 318.—Vase from Tusayan 336 319.—Painted design 337 320.—Vase from Tusayan 337 321.—Vase from Tusayan 338 322.—Painted design 338 323.—Unit of the design 339 324.—Vase from Tusayan 339 325.—Painted design 340 326.—Unit of the design 340 327.—Vase from Tusayan 341 328.—Painted design 342 329.—Unit of the design 342 330.—Vase from Tusayan 343 331.—Vase from Cibola 343 332.—Vase from Cibola 344 333.—Painted design 345 334.—Painted design 345 335.—Vase from Tusayan
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class="tdr">346 336.—Handled vase from Tusayan 346 337.—Painted design 347 338.—Handled mug from Tusayan 347 339.—Painted design 348 340.—Vase from Tusayan 348 341.—Painted design 348 342.—Handled cup from Cibola 349 343.—Painted ornament 349 344.—Painted ornament 349 345.—Painted ornament 350 346.—Painted ornament 350 347.—Vase from Tusayan 350 348.—Vase from Tusayan 351 349.—Bottle from Tusayan 351 350.—Bottle from Tusayan 352 351.—Bottle from Tusayan 352 352.—Vase from eastern Arizona 353 353.—Vase from eastern Arizona 354 354.—Vase from Tusayan 354 355.—Vase from Tusayan 355 356.—Vase from Tusayan
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tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">355 357.—Vase from Tusayan 356 358.—Vase from Cibola 357 359.—Vase from Arizona 358 360.—Bird-shaped cup from Tusayan 358