A Study of Pueblo Pottery As Illustrative of Zuñi Culture Growth.
A Study of Pueblo Pottery As Illustrative of Zuñi Culture Growth.
Cushing Frank Hamilton
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529). At this I remonstrated, but she gave no heed other than toejaculate "_wá na ni, àná!_" which meant "just wait, will you!" Whenshe had finished the rim, she easily caused the shoulders to sink, simply by stroking them--more where uneven than elsewhere--with a wetscraper of gourd (see Fig. 532, _a_) until she had exactly reproducedthe form of the drawing. She then set the vessel aside _in_ thebasket. Within two days it shrank by drying at the rate of about oneinch in twelve, leaving the bas...ket far too large. (See Fig. 533. ) Itcould hence be removed without the slightest difficulty. [Illustration: FIG. 531. --Secondary form, in the mold. ] [Illustration: FIG. 532. --Scrapers of gourd and earthenware for smoothing pottery. ] [Illustration: FIG. 533. --Finished form of vessel in mold, showing amount of contraction in drying. ] The sand had prevented contact with the basket which would have causedthe clay vessel to crack as the latter was very thin. This processexists in full force to-day with the Oraibes in the modeling ofconvex-bottomed vessels, and the Zuñis thus make their large bowls andhuge drum-jars.
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