tions, illustrating evolution
of the above characteristic 507
545.--Bowl, showing open or unjoined space in lines near rim 510
546.--Water-jar, showing open or unjoined space in lines near rim 510
547.--Conical or flat-bellied canteen 512
548 and 549.--The same, compared with human mammary gland 513
550.--Double-lobed or hunter canteen (Me' wi k'i lik ton ne),
showing teat-like projections and open spaces of contiguous
lines 514
551.--Native painting of deer, showing space-line from mouth to
heart 515
552.--Native painting of sea serpent, showing space-line from mouth
to heart 515
553.--The fret of basket decoration 516
554.--The fret of pottery decoration 516
555.--Scroll as evolved from fret in pottery decoration 516
556.--Ancient Pueblo "medicine-jar" 517
557.--Decoration of above compared with modern Moki rain symbol 517
558.--Zuni prayer-meal bowl illustrating symbolism in form and
decoration 518
559.--Native paintings of sacred butterfly 519
560.--Native painting of sacred migratory "summer bird" 519
561.--Rectangular or Iroquois type of earthen vessel 519
562.--Kidney-shaped type of vessel of Nicaragua 520
563.--Iroquois bark vessel, showing angles of juncture 520
564.--Porcupine quill decoration on bark vessel, for comparison
with Fig. 561 521
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A STUDY OF PUEBLO POTTERY AS ILLUSTRATIVE OF
ZUNI CULTURE-GROWTH.

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BY FRANK H. CUSHING.

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HABITATIONS AFFECTED BY ENVIRONMENT.

It is conceded that the peculiarities of a culture-status are due
chiefly to the necessities encountered during its development. In this
sense the Pueblo phase of life was, like the Egyptian, the product of
a desert environment. Given that a tribe or stock of people is weak,
the