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DAVEN1'(JKT ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES. 



The specimen given in Fig. 45 illustrates the use of great num- 

 bers of handles. In this case there are sixteen. They are grace- 

 fully formed and add much to the appearance of the vessel, which 



Fii;. 44.^ — Alabama. — i. Fig. 45. 



is really a bowl with wide flaring rim. In most of its characters it 

 resembles the pots. 



Another curious variation in the shape of handles is shown in 

 the little cup given in Fig. 46. This can hardly be called a usual 

 feature although occurring in vessels of various localities. I have 

 seen an example from the Missouri Valley in which a great number 

 of perforated handles were set about the rim, and another in which 

 there was a continuous, partially free collar perforated at intervals 

 There is a specimen of this class in the Davenport Academy collec- 

 tion in which the flattened handles are so placed about the neck as 



Fig. 46. — \, Fig. 47. — j.. 



to form a series of arches. These, I take it, are partially atrophied 

 forms. The body is ornamented by a scale-like pattern of incised 

 lines — a favorite method of decoration with the ancient potter. 



In Fig. 47 we have an illustration of total atrophy. The handles 

 are represented by simple incised lines. There is no relief what- 

 ever. In many cases the form of the handles is shown in low relief, 

 the outer surface being plain or ornamented with inci.sed lines or 



