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Fig. 154. 



BICONICAL FKOG PIPE. 



Miami County, Ohio. 



Cast, Cat. No. 7'.'ii6, U.S.N.M. Collecti-d l.v E. H. Dav 



worn groove noted in some of the ruder pipes of the type, caused by 

 rubbing" some object back and foi-th as though to give it a point, the 

 cavity being worn in ([uite luilf an inch at its greatest depth. 



Simihir to the two preceding si)ecimeus is tig. 154, a cast from Miami 

 County, Ohio, collected by Dr. E. IL Davis, the original being of brown 

 stone. It is carved with greater 

 skill than either of the other speci- 

 mens, is 5 inches long, with a corre- 

 sponding height, and has a width 

 of ."U inches. The hind legs are 

 more in relief than in the other spec- 

 imens, the fore legs being carved 

 entirely in the round. The eyes of 

 this frog are represented by depres- 

 sions, but in other respects there is 

 great similarity of treatment of all 

 three figures. 



The characteristics of the biconi 

 cal type are preserved in fig. 155, a 

 pottery j^ipe from Nelson County, 

 Virginia, collected by Mr. J. Ealls 



Abell. The specimen is 1 inches long, 3^ inches wide, and 2 J inches 

 high, made from a clay mixed with shells, though it is quite indiffer- 

 ently burned. The hind legs are molded in high relief, the fore legs 

 being brought together under the chin. The eyes are quite prominently 

 raised above the surface. Into the pottery a number of rings have 



been cut after the pipe was 

 baked. 



A light-colored pottery 

 pipe (fig. 150) from a mound 

 in Coahama County, Mis- 

 sissippi, collected by Hon. 

 J. L. Alcorn, represents 

 some quadruped, though it 

 would require a vivid imag- 

 ination to be more specific 

 and say for what it was in- 

 tended. The pipe is 5 inches 

 long, ."> inches wide, and 3.J 

 inches high, and represents 

 the creature as about to 

 hop or jump away. Into the face the eyes have been cut, and both 

 above and below them are three straight cross lines parallel to each 

 other. From the side of the head or jaw there are wing-like extensions 

 upon which eight or nine parallel lines are cut into the pottery ware. 

 On the top of the head are two knobs on each side, as though intended 

 to indicate horns and ears. The fore legs are rudely modeled in the 



Fig. 155. 



BICONICAL POTTERY FKOG PIPE. 



Nelson County, Virginia. 



Cat. No. 11596, U.S.N.M. Collected by J. Ralls Abell. 



