Illustrated Catalogue Of The Collections Obtained From The Indians Of New Mexico Part 16

1197. (40631). Represented in Fig. 483.

1198. (40633). This pretty pair is profusely ornamented with serrate lines from the tip to the ankles.

1199, 1200. 1199, (40634) and 1200, (40636). Single, decorations, same as in the preceding; probably belong to one pair, as part of the connecting band remains on them.

1201. (40804). Anomalous. _Tkha-po-ka-tehl-le_. In the form of a low or depressed vase, with two handles, decorated with scroll figures; margin straight.

1202. (40805). Vase-shaped, with single handle; a scalloped and an undulate band around the body. Margin straight.

1203. (42375). Toy house. Composed of clay and willow sticks. Made by children.

_CLAYS AND PIGMENTS._

The following specimens are employed in the manufacture of pottery and for decorative purposes:

1204, 1205. 1204, (41230) and 1205, (41231). Are specimens of a whitish clay or kaolin, of which a solution is made and applied to the outer surfaces of earthenware. This whiting in a coa.r.s.er state is used for white-washing their chimneys and rooms.

1206. (41265). Is a dark carbonaceous clay which the Zuni Indians obtain from near the summit of a mesa on which stand the ruins of their ancient village--or, at least, where they claim to have resided during the Spanish invasion of their country. As this clay is one of the princ.i.p.al elements in the manufacture of Zuni pottery, a quant.i.ty of it was procured and numbered as one of the specimens of the collection.

1207. (41901). Small nodules of azurite used by the Indians in decorating their altars, &c.

1208. (41902). White clay or kaolin, same as Nos. 1204 and 1205.

1209. (41903). Finer quality of white clay.

1210, 1211. 1210, (41904) and 1211, (41905). Are specimens of the above of a coa.r.s.er quality.

1212. (41906). Tierra amarilla, or yellow micaceous clay, of which the Rio Grande Indians make many varieties of vessels.

1213. (42342). A yellowish sandy clay, which is used as one of the coloring pigments in decorating pottery. This clay burns to a reddish hue and gives to the pottery those lines of a brick-red color.

1214. (42343). Very dark colored ore, resembling magnetic iron ore; this stone is reduced in a small mortar, and a paint made of it for decorating their ware black, which result is obtained by baking.

VEGETAL SUBSTANCES.

_BASKETRY._

1215. (40108). A globular-shaped water basket, with a small neck, about two inches long and three in diameter.

1216. (40109). Double-lobed, canteen-shaped water basket, with both outer and inner surfaces coated with gum. The neck is about the size of that of the preceding basket. The centre is compressed to about the size of the neck; the bottom flat.

1217. (40110). Similar to the preceding.

1218. (40115). This specimen is a good representation of the basketry manufactured by the Zunians, used for carrying peaches. It is well shown in Fig. 484.

1219-1235. 1219, (40116); 1220, (40117); 1221, (40118); 1222, (40119); 1223, (40120); 1224, (40121); 1225, (40122); 1226, (40123); 1227, (40124); 1228, (40125); 1229, (40126), Fig. 488; 1230, (40127); 1231, (40128); 1232, (40129); 1233, (40130); 1234, (40131); 1235, (40132), are Zuni baskets of the same character, of coa.r.s.e willow ware. Sizes and shapes somewhat similar.

1236. (40133). This specimen is an ill.u.s.tration of one form quite common. We found them in general use for bringing ripe peaches from the field. Fig. 484 shows very clearly the manner of weaving them.

1237-1240. 1237, (40134); 1238, (41135); 1239, (41136); 1240, (41137), are all samples of the same basketry. These baskets are called by the Zunians _hu-chi-pon-ne_.

1241. (40143). A small platter-shaped corn, basket of the same coa.r.s.e structure. They are called _tsi-i-le_.

1242-1247. 1242, (40144); 1243, (40145); 1244, (40146); 1245, (40147); 1246, (40148); and 1247, (40149) are similar examples of corn baskets.

1248-1257. 1248, (40401); 1249, (40402); 1250, (40403); 1251, (40404); 1252, (40405); 1253, (40406); 1254, (40407); 1255, (40478); 1256, (40479); and 1257, (40480) are a variety of examples of the corn basket or _hu-chi-pon-ne_.

1258. (40881). Toy basket of Navajo manufacture, of closely-woven fibre, about three inches in diameter. A string is attached to it for wearing it on the breast as an ornament, called _ho-in-hlan-tsan-na_.

1259, 1260. 1259, (40882), and 1260, (40883). Small cup or rather saucer-shaped baskets similar in construction to the preceding two numbers.

1261. (40884). Is a corn basket of the same manufacture as the preceding, of much larger size, and called _ho-in-hlan-na_.

1262-1264. 1262, (40917); 1263, (40918); 1264, (40919) _Tsi'-i-le_; large-sized, coa.r.s.ely woven, tray-like baskets.

1265. (40920). Toy basket; coa.r.s.e, _tsi-i-la-tsan-na_.

1266-1268. 1266, (40921); 1267, (40922); 1268, (40923). Navajo water baskets, jug-shaped, _ko-se-tom-me_.

1269. (41208). Large flaring or bowl-shaped basket of Apache manufacture; water-tight; used for holding flour and meal; very compactly woven; called by the Zunis _ho-in_.

1270. (41209). Very large specimen of the same ware woven with different colored fibres, so as to present a decorated inner surface.

1271. (41227). _Tkla-lim-ne_ or basket with abrupt sides. Navajo manufacture.

1272-1275. 1272, (41228), Fig. 485; 1273, (41229); 1274, (41230); and 1275, (41231) are examples of the coa.r.s.ely-woven flat basketry used frequently for winnowing small grain. The ill.u.s.tration shows the details sufficiently without further description.

1276. (41248). Basket tray for bread, of the closely-woven cla.s.s, called _mi-tu-li-ho-in_.

1277. (41256). Toy basket, _tsi-li-tsan-na_.

_PADS._

The following are ring-shaped pads made of yucca leaves interwoven in such a manner as to leave the centre open sufficiently to fit the top of the head. These pads are used in carrying water, by placing the pad on the head into which the base of the vase fits. They are used also to hold water jars and vases on the ground, thus protecting the bottom of the vessels from wearing away. They are called in Zuni _ha-kin-ne_.

1278-1287. 1278, (40464); 1279, (40465); 1280, (40466); 1281, (40467); 1282, (40468); 1283, (40469); 1284, (40470); 1285, (40471); 1286, (40472) are examples of this pad, of which Fig. 486, 1287r. (40473), is an ill.u.s.tration.

The following are objects of the same kind:

1288-1292. 1288, (40474); 1289, (40475); 1290, (40924); 1291, (40925); 1292, (40926).

_DOMESTIC IMPLEMENTS, TOYS, &c._

In the collection are a number of wooden spoons or ladles of various, sizes. These utensils were not frequently met with. The readiness with which the Indians can make pottery or earthern ladles, a large number of which are in the collection, has caused these to supersede the former.

The wooden spoons are always chiseled from a single piece of wood. See Fig. 490.

[Ill.u.s.tration: Fig. 490 (40876) ()]