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sel. The rim is ornamented with a series of notches, and two small 

 loops connect the rim with the head and tail of the creature. The legs 

 are characteristic, and the long toes extend beneath the body. The 

 bottom of the vessel is flat. The make and finish are as usual, but 

 the surface has been painted red. A similar vessel is shown in Fig. 

 22, the view being taken from the front. It is well })olished and 

 has a rounded bottom. The color is dark. 



Other Fonns. — Another interesting example of this use of animal 



KlG. 23.. — Arkansas. — .' 



forms is seen in the vessel presented in Fig. 23. A deep globular 

 bowl of dark, well-polished ware is made to represent the head of 

 an animal. A long snout, with teeth and nostrils and accompanied 

 by a pair of knobs for eyes, embellishes the right side — as seen in 



the cut, — ears appear at the front and back, and a circular node 

 standing, perhaps, for the severed neck, is placed at the left. The 

 head has a decidedly porcine look, yet it may have been intended 

 for a raccoon or opossum. 



Fig. 24 illustrates a large shallow bowl or pan of ordinary form 

 and finish. The head of a bir'd resembling a turkey has been at- 



