Chapter II: Part I: Ethnographical Analysis

By A. L. Kroeber

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Pottery shapes recognized by the Mohave 1
Pottery objects other than vessels 2
Technological notes 2
Description of the pottery 3
Plate 1: Bowls 3
Plate 2: Bowls 3
Plate 3: Platters 4
Plate 4: Spoons 5
Plate 5: Jars, pots, jugs, cups 6
Plate 6: Bowls, platters, parchers, canteens 7
Plate 7: Spoon backs, toys, pipes, pot rests 7
Plate 8: Jar, cup, platter, bowls, spoons 8
Summary of shapes 8
Summary of painted designs and elements 9
The Mohave pottery style 10

Appendix I. Memoranda on the destroyed Academy collection 12
Appendix II. A small Mohave bowl 12
Appendix III. Granite temper and limonite pigment examination,
by Professor Charles Meyer 13
Appendix IV. Mohave pottery in other museums 13
Appendix V. Correlation of Kroeber and Harner shape classes 13

PART II. A DESCRIPTION FOR THE ARCHAEOLOGIST

PARKER RED-ON-BUFF, FORT MOHAVE VARIANT, AND PARKER BUFF, FORT MOHAVE VARIANT

By Michael J. Harner

Introduction 15
Parker Red-on-Buff, Fort Mohave variant 16
Parker Buff, Fort Mohave variant 18
Bibliography 20
Plates 23

MOHAVE POTTERY