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neck is very long and thick and is gracefully curved, but the head 

 is not modeled with sufficient care to make apparent the species in- 

 tended. 



The vessel shown in Fig. 26 is also finished in imitation of a 

 bird. In this case the bird is placed upon its back, the neck and 

 liead being looped up to form a sort of handle on one side, while 

 the legs answer a like purpose on the opposite side. The wings are 

 represented by a number of lines rudely engraved upon the sides of 

 the vessel. The resemblance of this bowl to the wooden basins 

 made by Northwest Coast Indians is very striking. 



The vessel shown in Fig. 27 is probably the most Unique in the 



Fig. 27.— Aikaii-a>.— ]. 



collection. It is a heavy, rather rudely finished bowl, to the rim 

 of which two grotesque heads, apparently of nondescript character, 

 have been attached. One resembles the oft-occurring, plumed ser- 

 pent of aboriginal American art, in a number of its characters. The 

 other has a double comb resembling somewhat that of a domestic 

 fowl. No description can convey as clear a conception of these 

 montrosities as the accompanying illustration. 



