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Orxamexi'. — The styles of decoration are not distinct from those 

 of other classes of vessels. The incised scroll patterns are some- 

 times very elaborate, and the designs in color are perhaps executed 

 with greater care than in other groups. 



Illustrations. — Ordinary forms. — I have not thought it advisa- 

 ble to figure many specimens of plain bottles, as all the varieties of 

 outline are repeated in the more highly elaborated or embellished 

 pieces. Fig. 73 represents a plain bottle of the ordinary dark por- 

 ous ware. Tlie neck is narrow above and expands abruptly below. 



Fig. 74. — Arkansas. — A. 



The body is globular. Looking at this vessel with reference to a 

 possible original, we observe its resemblance to a common form of 

 gourd. By a review of tlie collection, we find that there are a large 

 number of similar vessels actually modeled in imitation of gourds. 

 Good examples are given in the Third Annual Report of the Bu- 

 reau of Ethnology, from which Fig. 74 is taken, and in a paper by 

 Edward Evers in Contributions to the Archaeology of Missouri. 

 The markings of the original are often shown with a great deal of 

 truthfulness. 



