ANCIENT POTTERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. 



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turtle or other full-bodied reptile, and the spout takes the place of 

 the creature's tail. Many of the animal-shaped vases would re- 

 semble this form closely if an opening were made through the top 

 of the body and through the tail. 



In connection with the teapot-like vessels it will be well to de- 

 scribe another novel form not wholly unlike them in appearance, 



Fig. 60. — IVcan I'oint. Ark. — L 



an exam})le being shown to Fig. 59. The shoulder is elongated on 

 opposite sides into two curved, horn-like cones, which give to the 

 body a somewhat crescent-shaped outline. It is of the ordinary 

 plain, dark ware, and has had a low stand or base which is now 

 broken awa}'. 



The specimen given in Fig. 60 has been considerably mutilated. 



Fig. 61. — Pecan Point, Ark. — }.. 



but evidently belongs to the same general class as the preceding. 

 It prol)ably also resembled the vessel which follows; it serves at 



