ANCIENT POTTERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. 17I 



eled after a cloth or skin cap. It extends over the forehead, falls 

 back over the back of the head and terminates in points behind. 

 It is shown in Fiar. 67. 



¥iG. 67. — Heaa covering. 



Two layers of the material are represented, the one broad, the 

 other narrow and pointed, both being raised a little above the sur- 

 face upon which they rest. This vase head is somewhat smaller 

 than the average human head. 



Another of a very similar character now in the Davenport 

 Museum is about one-half the size of this. The face is mucli 

 mutilated. 



A third is somewhat larger than the one illustrated, but is 

 nearly the same in finish and color. The face also sirailates death, 

 but the features are different, possessing very decided Indian char- 

 acteristics. There is no tattooing. 



All of these heads, including also the three in the National 

 Museum, are so alike in conception and execution that they may 

 have been made by the same hand. 



HIGH-NECKED BOTTLES. 



High-necked, full-bodied bottles form a decided feature in the 

 potterv of this province. Similar vessels are rarely found in other 

 sections of the United States, but occur in Mexico and South 

 America. The forms are nowhere else so pronounced. They sug- 

 gest the well-known water bottles of eastern countries. 



In material, finish and decorative treatment they do not differ 

 greatly from the vases described in the preceding section. 



[Froc. D. A. N. S., Vol. IV.] I'.i [Dec. 24, 1884.] 



