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bands upon the body, comes from a mound in Scott county, Iowa. 

 Height six inches, diameter the same. The rims of all these vessels 

 are square on the edge, showing the full thickness of the walls.' 



A very interesting vessel obtained by Captain Hall from a mound 

 in Wisconsin is represented by a number of large fragments, prob- 

 ably comprising about one-half of the walls. It has been some- 

 what larger than the vase given in Fig. 99, and in a general way 

 resembles it closely. It appears to be more pointed below than the 

 other, and has a slightly flaring rim. The walls are one-fourtli of 

 an inch thick. The paste is coarse and is tempered with sand, as 

 in the cases already described. The lower part of the body is 

 covered with nearly vertical cord marks. The upper part was 

 smoothed, rather rudely, for the reception of additional decoration, 

 which consists of several bands of indented figures. The principal 

 implement used was apparently a stiff cord or a slender osier 

 wrapped with fine thread, which has been laid on and impressed 

 with the fingers, forming nearly continuous encircling lines. Bands 

 of short oblique lines also occur. Just below the margin there 

 is a line of annular indentations made from the exterior, leaving 

 nodes on the inside, the reverse of the treatment noticed in the ves- 

 sel already illustrated. 



Fragments of identically marked ware from the vicinity of Prairie 

 du Chien may be seen in the National Museum. 



A large fragment from Baraboo county, Wisconsin, shows a full 

 body and a slightly flaring rim. The upper part is ornamented with 

 horizontal lines of annular indentations, and the body is covered 

 with rather rude patterns made by rolling a notched wheel or 

 roulette back and forth in zigzag lines. 



Two handsome pieces of this ware were recently obtained by 

 the Bureau of Ethnology from a mound in Vernon county, Wis- 

 consin. The finest of these is six and' a half inches in height, and 

 in symmetry and finish, rivals the best work of the south. The 

 paste is dark, compact and fine grained, and tempered apparently 

 with sand. The color of the surface is a rich, mottled brown. The 

 most striking feature of the decoration consists of a number of pol- 

 ished bands, extending in divers directions over the surface, the 

 interstices being filled in with indented figures. The lii) is smooth 

 and the margin rounded. The exterior surface of the narrow col- 

 lar is ornamented with oblique lines made by a roulette, and crossed 

 at intervals with fine incised lines. The neck is slightlv constricted 



