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A number of good examples, now in the National Museum, were 

 found in Arkansas. 



The vase shown in Fig. 79 has also the double body, the vessels 

 copied having been somewhat more elaborately modeled than in 

 the preceding cases. A bottle is set within the mouth of a pot. The 

 neck is high, wide, and flaring and rests upon the back of a rudely 

 modeled frog, which lies extended upon the upper surface of the 

 body. The notched encircling ridge beneath the feet of the 

 reptile represents the rim of the lower vessel which is a pot with 

 compressed globular body and short wide neck. This vase is of the 

 dark, dead-surfaced ware and is quite plain. Four vertical ridges 



Fig. So. — Al•kan^as.— A. 



take the place of handles. I have observed other examples in which 

 two vessels, combined in this way, served as models for the potter, 

 one, a shell set within a cup, is illustrated in the Third Annual 

 Report of the Bureau of Ethnology. Another is given in Con- 

 tributions to the Archaeology of Missouri. 



Fig. 80 illustrates a rather graceful form of bottle. It is furnished 

 with a rather high perforated stand or foot, and the body is fluted 

 vertically with narrow widely separated channels. The neck is 

 high and flaring and has a narrow notched collar at the base. 



There are many good examples of engraved designs upon bottle- 

 shaped vessels. One of the most elaborate is presented in Fig. 81. 

 This vessel has a full, wide neck, a heavy, flattened body and a 



