Illustrated Catalogue Of The Collections Obtained From The Indians Of New Mexico And Arizona In 1879 - Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the - Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, - Government Printing Office, Washington, 18 by James Stevenson
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+--------+--------+-----------++--------+--------+-----------+ | 1 | .69 | .56 || 8 | .81 | .59 | | 2 | .75 | .54 || 9 | .63 | .68 | | 3 | .83 | .54 || 10 | .80 | .68 | | 4 | .81 | .58 || 11 | .78 | .72 | | 5 | .74 | .57 || 12 | .82 | .68 | | 6 | .84 | .61 || 13 | .97 | .72 | | 7 | .72 | .50 || 14 | .91 | .67 | +--------+--------+-----------++--------+--------+-----------+ From this it will be seen that No. 148, which is represented by Fig. 373 (39774), is unusually broad in proportion to the height. Nos. 152 and 153 vary to the extreme in the other direction; No. 153 is shown in Fig. 364 (40322). Excluding these and taking the means of the large and small kinds separately we find the average ratios to be as follows: Height. Diameter of mouth. Large .78 .57 Small .78 .61 Most of the water jugs of both the Shinumos and Zuñians are in the form of canteens, usually more or less spherical, and varying in capacity from a pint to four gallons. On each side there is a small handle in the form of a loop or knob, through or around which is placed a small shawl or strip of cloth, or a cord long enough to pass over the forehead so as to suspend the vessel against the back just below the shoulders. The other jugs are of various fanciful shapes, which will be noted in the catalogue. A large portion are of plain brown ware, a few plain white, |
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