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inch or less on the inside. This only 

 occurs in the typical Algonkian forms, 

 and is never seen when incised orna- 

 mentation is used. The rims of Iro- 

 quoian vessels are never ornamented 

 on the interior, nor is stamping so fre- 

 quently practised on vessels of this 

 class. The intermediate forms, at 

 least the first of the two mentioned, are 

 frequently ornamented on the inter- 

 ior of the lip. This internal decoration 

 is much more common in the southern 



patterns are the most common, but 

 other angular forms occur, and rows 

 of parallel lines encircling the vessel 

 are sometimes to be found. Stamping 

 and incision as decorative processes 

 never seem to occur on the same vessel. 

 Curvilinear decoration is exceedingly 

 rare, and not enough material is at 

 hand to show that patterns were used, 

 possibly these were scrolls of some 

 form. On account of the lack of mate- 

 rial, it cannot be determined whether the 



TYPICAL ALGONKIAN POTTERY PIPE AND FRAGMENT OF AN EFFIGY PIPE FROM PORT WASHINGTON, L I. 



portion of this area than elsewhere in 

 the vicinity. 



In design, we must of course, give 

 up all thought of trying to obtain sym- 

 bolism, if such there were, for there are 

 are no sources now left upon which to 

 base our assumptions. Certain con- 

 ventional types of decoration seem to 

 have been in vogue, usually consisting 

 in rows of stamped or incised parallel 

 lines^and much more rarely of dots 

 regularly arranged in the same manner. 

 Zigzag, chevron, and "herring bone" 



designs on the Algonkian vessels differ 

 from those on the Iroquoian, except in 

 a very general and unsatisfactory way. 

 The angle formed where the heavy 

 rim or collar leaves the constricted 

 neck of the Iroquoian vessel is almost 

 invariably notched, and as such collars 

 and angles do not occur on vessels of 

 the true Algonkian type, this feature 

 is necessarily absent from them. It 

 is noticeable that Iroquoian vessels 

 are usually decorated with incised 

 designs, rather than stamped patterns. 



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INCISED DESIGNS FROM ALGONKIAN VESSELS. 



