BY A. L. KROEBER POTTERY SHAPES RECOGNIZED BY THE MOHAVE The generic Mohave name for pottery vessels seems to be kwáθki, [1] the word for bowl. The shapes for which Mohave names were obtained are mainly those which segregate out objectively on examination of a collection: kwáθki, an open bowl with slightly everted lip, often with a band of mesquite bark—both bean mesquite and screw mesquite are specified in my notes—tied around the neck. The shape is shown in pls. 1, 2, 6, a - c , 8, d - h ; the

MEMORANDA ON THE DESTROYED ACADEMY COLLECTION The Mohave ethnological collection which was destroyed by fire at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco in 1906 consisted of 67 items, according to a record preserved in my notebook 7. Of these 67, 32 were pottery vessels and 12 were ceramic ancillaries. The latter consisted of four paddles, three pebbles used as anvils, yellow pigment, two samples of potter's clay, one of clay pounded small, and a sample of fine-crushed rock for temper

A SMALL MOHAVE BOWL About 1908 I was given or purchased as a souvenir a small bowl which is now Peabody Museum no. 54-41-10/34461. It is a typical bowl except for being smaller than any in the University collection. It is 123 mm. in diameter, 64 in height; H/D ratio is therefore 52 per cent. The ridge is finished with a horizontally flat edge 4-5 mm. wide. I estimate the mean thickness of the ware as around 4 mm. The weight is 7 oz. There is a mesquite lashing below the rim with three knots in i

GRANITE TEMPER AND LIMONITE PIGMENT EXAMINATION By PROFESSOR CHARLES MEYER The piece of granite, no. 4326, used for temper is high in quartz (20-25 per cent) and potash feldspar (35-40 per cent), with perhaps 10 per cent of black mica now chloritized. The remainder is probably soda-rich plagioclase, a feldspar. This is a very acid granite, silica probably constituting around 70 per cent of the total mass. As a result, as the rock surface weathered, it would not wash off as clay but would maintai

MOHAVE POTTERY IN OTHER MUSEUMS In 1934 F. H. Douglas, of the Denver Art Museum, wrote my colleague Gifford about Mohave pottery which he had seen on display in various museums, without special search of catalogues or storerooms. The list may still be useful. U. S. National Museum: 25 vessels, mostly old, many collected by Palmer, some evidently mislabeled Diegueño or Pimo. One anvil stone. [ Yuma , a bowl and a 5-necked vase, from Palmer; the Yuma went in for "fancy" or tourist pieces earlier t

CORRELATION OF KROEBER AND HARNER SHAPE CLASSES Fig. 1. Fig. 1. Profile shape types. Exterior to left; section to right....

A DESCRIPTION FOR THE ARCHAEOLOGIST PARKER RED-ON-BUFF, FORT MOHAVE VARIANT AND PARKER BUFF, FORT MOHAVE VARIANT BY MICHAEL J. HARNER INTRODUCTION The following analysis of the Mohave pottery collected by Professor Kroeber is primarily for the use of the archaeologist to aid him in identifying historic Mohave ceramics. Not represented in the collection is pottery made by the Mohave south of Parker. Some typological differences may exist between the pottery of those settlements and the pottery in

Plate 1. Plate 1. Bowls Plate 2. Plate 2. Bowls Plate 3. Plate 3. Platters Plate 4. Plate 4. Spoons Plate 5. Plate 5. Jars, pots, jugs, cups Plate 6. Plate 6. Bowls, platters, parchers, canteens Plate 7. Plate 7. Spoon backs, toys, pipes, pot rests Plate 8. Plate 8. Jar, cup, platter, bowls, spoons [1] Orthography: θ, ð, like th in thick, this; s, somewhat retroflex; tš, much like English ch; ly, ny, palatalized l, n, like Castilian ll, ñ (y is never a vowel in the transcription used); v, bilabi