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ware, and is entirely plain. It is peculiar in the shape of its ex. 

 tremities. The neck resembles a long truncated cone, and the legs 

 are heavy and conical, being not unlike those of a common iron pot. 



Eccentric forms. — In this place I afn able to give but one exam- 

 ple of what I have denominated eccentric forms. Others have been 

 indicated on preceding pages. The vase given in Fig. 85 has a flat- 

 tish, ovoidal body from the opposite ends of which, for it is slightly 

 oblong, springs a hollow arch — a sort of double neck. This has 

 been perforated at the highest point, and a low recurving rim, which 

 serves as the mouth of the vessel, has been attached. 



Another example of this form has recently been received at the 

 Museum. It is in fragments, but was originally nicely finished 

 and elaborately painted. Illustrations of others may be seen in the 

 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, and in Contri- 



FiG. 86. — Arkansas 



butions to the Archaeology of Missouri. The specimen illustrated 

 was found at the foot of a skeleton in a grave at Pecan Point. 



This shape is common to the art of many countries, and was a 

 great favorite in ancient Peru. 



Life forms. — In the introduction to this section,.! have indicated 

 the many ways in which the human form is employed in the embel- 



