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least as a link between the two. The body is ornamented witli 

 carelessly drawn, deeply incised, involute designs. 



Life Forms. — A further elaboration of this feature i,s illustrated in 

 Fig. 6i. On one side the conical projection is greatly elongated 

 and fashioned to resemble the head of some grotesque beast, with 

 horns, expanded nostrils, and grinning mouth. The opposite jjoint 

 is elongated and looped forming a tail, while the base of the body 

 is furnished with four feet. An outline of this strange head has 

 already been given in Fig. 29. On the sides of the vessel are en- 

 graved figures, consisting of clusters of involute lines, as in the 

 specimen just given. It is of the ordinary dark pottery, and was 

 obtained at Pecan Point. 



Etjually noteworthy as plastic representations are the two exam- 

 ples that follow. The vessel shown in Fig. 62 is modeled in imita- 



FlG. 62. — Arkansas. — \. 



tion of a sun-fish. The body is round and neatly polished. The 

 head is well modeled as are also the fiinsand tail. Many examples 

 of this form are found, some of which are elaborately treated, the 

 scales being minutely shown. The body of the fish is sometimes 

 placed in the natural upright position, the neck of the vessel a]j- 

 pearing from the back and giving rise to the lenticular shape. 



The animal so carefully modeled in the vessel given in Fig. 63 

 resembles a raccoon or opossum. The mouth of the vessel is wide 

 and the neck upright and short. The- body is ornamented with a 

 pattern made up of triangular groups of incised lines, which may 

 or may not be meant for hair. 



