Arizona republican., 1920-11-20

told us that the year that the stock was brought up the trail had to be fixed to allow the passage Of the ami mals, but from the looks of the trail I am sure that no packed animal could ever go over it.
 We found three pueblos on top of the mesa to pay us for the hard work we had been forced to do to get there. One pueblo was very large. From ob- servations I concluded that when it was in its prime il held from 400 to 500 people, and che other two. pueblos were smaller. On account of the lit- tie time we had. We restricted all of our explorations to a large pueblo. We concluded that it was two stories high and had large walls on three sides of the place. It stood on slight emi- hence, and so we decided that it had been used as defense from enemies at times. The land around the pueblo showed signs of cultivation, but there was not trace of any irrigation sys- tenn. I consider that the one day on top of the mesa was worth more to us than the rest of the trip put to- gether.
 '"The second big thing accomplished this summer" concluded Dean Cum mings. was the study of the ancient pueblo peoples near kayanta and Kay cuddy wash. Much other work was accomplished, but these were the i'm portant results of cur trip"
 Many examples Of the pottery gath cred on the trip are now on exhibi- tion. There are several odd shapes that are opinioned to have been used by the Indians as ceremonial pieces. One of the most interesting and rarest examples of these specimens is a piece that is in the form of dove The pottery has been stained white over the head and bottom part of the body of the dove, while it's back, that was evidently used for some cere- monial water, is painted in red and black figures. There is one large bowl that is the only one of it's kind now on exhibition in so far as it Is known to the use of green paint intermingled witt red, white, orange and black in the pottery designs. Many of the pieces had been broken into @little pieces, Sut after much work they have been put Together again and stand as some of the most unique pieces of pot tery that have been found
 Among the other new additions to the museum is the loan of the collec- ton of Mrs. w R Ramsdell of Tucson. This collection comprises many fine examples of ancient chinaware, includ- ing Old English ano Dresden pieces One coffee pot, il the Old English work, is said to be almost as old as is the United States itself The pieces are in perfect preservation, with almost no chips or cracks. There arc several examples of furnished bronze porce- lains, as we'll as a small ivory head of the Christ that is painted to the finest detail with regard for the actual human coloring. A prehistoric Mexican idol, about a foot and half high and some Japanese and Chinese work, includes both porcelains Japanese urn, a large desk and chair that are fine examples of the Japanese art of wood working. The Chinese porcelains are made up of many fine examples of the ancient Ming pottery worker. The collection has been loaned to the museum for at least two years while Mrs. Ramsdell is in Europe.
 The last of the next exhibits of any great importance is a shrunken head of a Zembesi chief, which had been loaned to the museum by Miss Lois K. Hartman of Tacoma, Wash, who be- came acquainted with Dean Cummings on the trip made through the pueblo ruins this summer. This head is an example of the lost art of embalming that is used by the Javaro Indians, of South America. The embalming pro- cess is thought to be something of the same as was used by the ancient Egyp- tians, but it is not certain. The pro- cess merely shrinks the head and changes the color of the skin from the dark copper color to a black with