1895] 



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The bowl is much darkened and worn, but where it has been 

 rubbed the color shows as bright as in the larger bowl of same 

 shape; the eye of the fish is in relief, and the jawbone has been 

 indicated, as has the dorsal fin, by scraping or cutting; the 

 forked tail of the fish is well copied. 



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Fig. 3. 

 Duck head, broken from bowl. Color, brick red. Scale, full size. 



These vessels were probably placed in the cist at the time of 

 the interment, filled with food, as was the custom amongst 

 many primitive people ; the larger vessel may then have been 

 used for the first time, as it is totally devoid of traces of use. 

 The duck (Fig. 3) furnished another model for these aboriginal 

 designers ; the drake's head was perfectly imitated, the little knob 



