ANCIENT POTTERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. I9I 



and is encircled by a polished zone, one and one-fourth inches wide, 

 having a line of indentations along the upper edge. The body is 

 separated into four lobes by four vertical, depressed, polished bands 

 about one inch wide. Two of these lobes are crossed obliquely by 

 similar polished bands. These bands were all finished with a 

 polishing implement, and are somewhat depressed, probably the re- 

 sult of strong pressure with this tool. They are bordered by wide 

 incised lines. The intervening spaces are indented with a roulette. 



Fig. 99. 



A handsome little vessel obtained from a mound at Albany, 

 Whiteside county, Illinois, is illustrated in Fig. 99. It apparently 

 belongs to the silicious ware of the north. The shape and orna- 

 mentation are somewhat novel. Four large flattish lobes occur 

 about the body on each of which a figure, somewhat resembling a 

 Maltese cross has been made by incising or impressing broad, shal- 

 low lines. The remainder of the body is covered with marks that 

 resemble impressions of a coarse osier basket. This specimen was 

 collected by Mr. C. A. Dodge, and a short description has been 

 published by Prof. W. H. Pratt in the third volume of the pro- 

 ceedings of the Davenport Academy. 



