ExcavatedTonala Bruñida sherds. Since they can mix white, blue and red to create a purplish-pink and white, blue and black to create a blue-gray, they no longer need to slip their ware twice. Also, a commercially manufactured white paint is routinely added to contemporary vessels, including those of potters who otherwise use only the iron-oxide and manganese paints. Like the colonial vessels, modern Bruñida Ware is burnished after decoration and then fired in a simple kiln at a low temperature. ^The small size of most of the excavated sherds makes it difficult to speak broadly of composition and style in the early pieces, but it is possible to define a number of design features shared by the colonial and contemporary Tonala Bruñida Ware. For example, the lines of the colonial decorations are thin and delicate as are those of contemporary designs. Curvilinear motifs are typical of both wares, and many of the figures seen on the sherds seem to be part of floral motifs which are prevalent 49