Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Indians of New Mexico in 1880: Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 429-466 — John Shaqi
Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Indians of New Mexico in 1880: Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 429-466Stevenson, James
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Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Indians of New Mexico in 1880: Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 429-466
Stevenson, James
Indian pottery -- North America; Indians of North America -- Arizona; Indians of North America -- Industries; Indians of North America -- New Mexico
801, (47801). Pottery spindle whirl, simple small disk with hole in the
middle.
COLLECTION FROM SANTA ANA.
ARTICLES OF STONE.
802-804. 802, (47284); 803, (47285); 804, (47286). Stone hatchets with
groove.
ARTICLES OF CLAY.
These consist of white ornamented ware.
805, (47287). Animal image, probably a fawn, handle on the back.
806-809. 806, (47290); 807, (47291); 808, (47292); 809, (47293). Small
tinajas with decorations in black. The figures are the same as those
found on Zuni pottery--scrolls, triangles, scalloped lines and birds,
but no antelopes or deer.
COLLECTION FROM SANDIA, N. MEX.
810-811. 810, (47240); 811, (47241). Biscuit-shaped unburnt bowls.
COLLECTION FROM COCHITI.
ARTICLES OF STONE.
812-815. 812, (47901); 813, (47905); 814, (47474); 815, (47475).
Hat-shaped lava stones used in cooking bread; they are heated and
placed on top of the cake. This is an old custom almost entirely
abandoned, and now practiced only by a few families of this pueblo.
816-818. 816, (47906); 817, (47907); 818, (47909). Regularly formed
pestles.
819-820. 819, (47908); 820, (47910). Pounding stones with groove.
821-822. 821, (47911); 822, (47919). Grooved hatchets or axes.
823-824. 823, (47920); 824, (47923). Smoothing stones.
825, (47924). A collection of 20 smoothing stones.
826, (47925). Seven oval segments or disks of gourd, regularly cut and
edged for scraping and smoothing pottery.
827-828. 827, (47470); 828, (47471). Hatchets or pounders (for it is
doubtful to which class they belong), with handle yet attached. The
second was probably used as a hatchet, the first more likely as a
pounder.
829, (47472). Well-shaped hatchets.
830, (47473). Lava mortar.
ARTICLES OF CLAY.
These, with only one or two exceptions, consist of white decorated ware;
the bottoms are polished red as usual, but the decorations are in black.
831-832. 831, (47273); 832, (47274). Canteens with loop handles on
the side, the first with a star or rosette ornament in the top and
scalloped line around the middle, second with triangular figures.
833, (47275). Plain unburnt tinaja.
834, (47288). Image, duck's body with cow's head.
835, (47289). Duck image. This and also the preceding with loop handle
on the back and trident figures on the sides.
836, (47295). Pitcher-shaped cup, with handle, ornamentation, oblique
dashes.
837, (47296). Deep, olla-shaped bowl; anvil-shaped figures on the
outside.
838, (47297). Small canteen, loop-handles at the sides, central star
ornament.
839-840. 839, (47445); 840, (47446). Bowls adorned with sprigs and
flowers internally and stars externally; quite neat.
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