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have their origin in the above conception. These are all grouped 

 together on PI. CII. In Fig. a we have a small dish-shaped vessel. 

 This was painted red and showed evidence of having been subjected 

 to great heat. Fig. (^ is a fragment, probably of a water bottle, a 

 portion of the globular surface being represented, as well as a small 

 portion of the neck. This fragment is marked with a number of deep 

 incisions. In Fig. c we have a small fragment of the edge or rim of 

 what must have been a very large vessel. This is decorated with 

 numerous rows of parallel punctures made with a sharp-pointed 

 instrument. Fig. d may represent either a projection which origi- 

 nally served as an ornament on the body of some figure, or it may be, 

 as it appears, a representation of some spiral fossil form. Figs, e and 

 f are portions of small objects having short handles at one end, and 

 hollow globular surfaces at the other, and near the center a slight 

 swelling which has been perforated from side to side. This swelling 

 is restricted both from the handle and the globular head by means of 

 an incision. These probably were originally diminutive rattles. 



GENERAL OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING THE POTTERY. 



The most striking fact brought out in a survey of the pottery as 

 a whole is the almost total absence of vessels or fragments of vessels 

 having utilitarian character. Practically all of the pottery may be 

 said to be of the nature of images of the human form, ranging in 

 height from six to possibly twenty inches. Nearl}^ all of these images 

 have secreted within them, either in the head or within the breast, 

 one or two whistles. The workmanship in the majority of the images 

 was hurried, and in many cases crude, but at the same time there is 

 evidence of great ability on the part of the workmen to produce 

 desired forms with great ease and rapidity. The range of expression, 

 as seen in the faces of the images for example, is extremely varied 

 and interesting, and yet in the majority of the cases the expression 

 has been brought about without showing evidence of labored effort. 

 The faces themselves vary in character from portrayals of excessive 

 beauty to strange and grotesque forms. In many cases the counte- 

 nance is portrayed as decidedly hideous and repulsive. Not the least 

 interesting feature of the pottery is the presence of what we may call 

 the plumed serpent, and in certain other examples of highly conven- 

 tionalized serpents' heads. Of interest also is the variety of nose 

 ornaments and ear decorations which are portrayed. The ability of 

 the potters to produce different forms of eyes, each one expressive of 



