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Form. — Their forms are greatly, and often, happily varied as wil 

 be seen from the series of outlines given in Fig. 68. 



Via. 68. — Scale of f<jrms. 



A Striking feature is found in the presence of legs and stands. 

 The former exhibit globular, conical, cylindrical, and terraced forms. 

 Fig. 69. No example has any striking resemblance to European 

 forms. All are tripods, and are attached to ordinary forms of ves- 

 sels in a way to suggest that, they are superadded features probably 

 rather recently acquired ; at the same time legs were doubtless em- 

 ployed by the pre-columbian peoples. This is known to be true of 

 Mexico, and Central and South America. There is no reason why 

 the moundbuilders should not have discovered the use of such a device 

 readily suggested by the use of supports in building, in baking, or in 

 using the vessels, and it would necessarily follow the modeling of life 

 forms. It is true that quadrupeds would not directly suggest the tri- 

 pod, but birds modeled in clay were made to rest upon the feet and 

 tail, thus giving three supports; besides it would readily be discov- 

 ered that more than three supports are unnecessary. 



Fig. 69. — Tripods. 



The stands attached to these bottles are not essentially different 

 from those described in the preceding section. They take the form ■ 

 of simple bands, as seen at a, Fig. 70 ; double bands, as shown in ' 

 b and c ; or, perforated feet, as seen in d. 



F"i(;. 70. — Stands. 



Compound vessels are rather rare, nearly all of the varieties being 

 outlined in Fig. 71. Some of these are formed by uniting two, or 



