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Somewhat higher in the scale are Nos. 4 and 5, which have slightly- 

 polished surfaces and rudely incised decorative designs. Following 

 these are examples illustrating advances in polishing, painting,, 

 stamping, casting, and throwing on the wheel. Glazing came in with 

 or shortly after the invention of the fixed wheel. In the latter part 

 of the series are shown illustrations of the higher forms of shaping, 

 surfacing, decorating, and firing, closing with that marvelous prod- 

 uct, porcelain. 



No. 1. Cup from a grave iu Arkansas. Simplest form of vessel ; hand shaped ; 



hand finished ; Middle Stone Age 91,040 



No. 2, Bowl of the Andaman Islanders, one of the most primitive pottery- 

 making peoples known. Hand made; hand finished; Middle Stone 



Age 164,750 



No. 3. Rude hand-made cup ; simple incised decoration ; Eskimos, Alaska ; Mid- 

 dle Stone Age 33,07S 



No. 4. Incised cup of archaic character from a grave in Arkansas. Hand 



made; stone smoothed; incised decoration 71,465 



No. 5. Vase of simple type. Stone polished ; incised decoration ; Bronze Age ; 

 Switzerland. Culture of people, all phases considered, inferior to 



that of mound builders of Mississippi Valley 100,820 



No. 6. Coil-built vessel ; ancient Pueblo, Arizona ; Middle Stone Age 155,241 



No. 7. Mound builder's bottle. Polished ; decorated with incised lines in highly 

 developed combinations; Advanced Stone Age — Copper Age(?)_ 87,710 

 No. 8. Mound-builders's jar. Beginning of color decoration. Polished with 

 stone implement ; painted with brush ; Advanced Stone Age — Cop- 

 per Age (?) 90,958 



No. 9. Ancient Pueblo vase, Arizona. Stone polished ; geometric painted de- 

 signs; Advanced Stone Age . 114,866 



No. 10. Vase from grave in Chiriqui, Panama. Hand built ; stone polished ; 



brush decoration; Late Stone Age — Copper Age (?) 132,974 



No. 11. Vase from grave in Chiriqui, Panama. Refined shape suggesting Greek 

 outlines; hand made; plain finish; Advanced Stone Age — Copper 



Age ( ?) 108,475 



No. 12. Ancient Mexican vase. Hand made ; stone polished ; polychrome decora- 

 tion ; Late Stone Age— Copper Age (?) 132,974 



No. 13. Ancient Peruvian bottle. Pressed in shell mold ; hand finished ; stone 



polished; Advanced Stone Age — Copper Age (?) 1,397 



No. 14. Ancient Peruvian whistling bottle. Pressed in figured molds in parts 

 and joined ; stone polished ; Advanced Stone Age — Copper Age ( ?), 



107,552 

 No. 15. Spanish- American bottle. Turned on rude wheel ; stone polished ; 



washed with color; Iron Age. 

 No. 16. Ancient Cypriote bottle. Turned on wheel ; plain finish ; Bronze Age 



or Iron Age 101,834 



No. 17. Ancient Korean jar. Turned on simple wheel ; hard burned ; beginning 



of glaze ; Bronze Age or Iron Age 94,518-15 



No. 18. Ancient Korean jar. Turned on simple wheel ; hard burned ; glazed ; 



Bronze Age or Iron Age 94,518-31 



No. 19. Spanish-American bottle. Hand modeled; elementary glaze; Iron Age. 



No. 20. Spanish-American pitcher. Turned on simple wheel ; fully glazed ; 



Iron Age 176,799 



