47_PUEBLO INDIAN WOMEN
MAKING POTTERY
Pottery making is an art the Pueblo Indians
inherited directly from their ancestors, the
Prehistoric Cliff Dwellers. A basket or piece
of old pottery is used as a foundation form.
The clay is worked into strips, which are
coiled spirally upward to form the new pottery
vessel. The clay is smoothed down by the
fingers as shown in this illustration. After
drying it is ready for decorations and then
firing
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