lines, which inPueblo symbolry represent the falling rain, and theterraces and steps which conventionalize the cloudsof heaven. A peculiar checker-board design is alsonot uncommon in the Acoma work, but its especialsignificance is unknown to the writer. Bird formswere common in the older work of… … WATER JARS OF SANTA DOMI.NGO PLKliLO, WITH SCHEMK Oi- DhCOkAUU.VIN TRIANGLES, CIRCLES AND GEOMETRIC FORMS pictures of birds would, in the Indians fancy, addlightness to the clay—a great desideratum, as thejars, which when filled are borne upon the carriersheads, often contain a weight of water…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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