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If possible, a still more novel conceit is embodied in the handle 

 of the vessel shown in Fig. 32. It can be likened to nothing in 



Fig. 32 — "501 1 1 \ — ^ 



nature more readily than to the antler of an elk. This vessel is of 



Fig. 33. — Arkansas. — ^. 

 a dark brownish color, and but slightly polished. A duplicate of 



