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stucco work occurs. Under stamping we can enumerate the following 

 processes : 



1 . Impression with the rounded end of a stick (rare). 



2. Impression with the end of a quill, or hollow reed, leaving a circular 

 depression with a tiny lump or nipple (rare) in the center. 



3. Impression with a section of a hollow reed, making a stamped circle 

 (rare). 



4. Impression with finger nail (doubtful, but perhaps used on some 

 sherds from Manhattan Island). 



"). Impression of the edge of a scallop shell. 



('). Impression with a carved bone, antler or wooden stamp. 



7. Impression of a cord- wrapped stick. 



(S. Impression with roulette. 



ALGONKIAN POTTERY PIPE AND FRAGMENT OF AN EFFIGY PIPE FROM 

 PORT WASHINGTON, L. I 



Under the head of decoration bv incision we can enumerate the following: 

 \). IiK'ised decoration, probably made with a stick. 



10. Incised decoration, possibly made with a fiint ol)ject (only one 

 specimen at hand). 



The paddle was frecjuently used to finish the sides and bottom of the pot 

 by imparting an appearance of pressure with fabric when the clay was wet. 



11. Stucco. Occasionally, ridges of clay placed on the rim for orna- 

 ment appear to have been added after the shaping of the vessel. 



Ornamentation is usually external, antl vessels, either Algonkian or 

 Iro(|uoian, are rarely ornamented below the rim, although occasionally the 

 designs run j^art way down the side in the case of the Algonkian forms. 

 Where decoration has been applied by one of the stamping processes, and 

 more rarely by incision, it is sometimes continued over the lip or rim for an 

 inch or less on the inside. This only occurs in the t>']:)ical Algonkian forms, 

 and is never seen when incised ornamentation is used. The rims of Iro- 

 quoian vessels are never ornaniented on the interior, nor is stamping so 

 frequently practised on vessels of this class. The intermediate forms, at 

 least the first of the two mentioned, are frequently ornamented on the interior 



