BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



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LEGEND 



, PoncQ Trail of Tears 



Territory utilized by Ponca prior 

 to reservation era 

 Trading Post 



Baxter Springs 



Map 1. — Author's conception of Ponca territory. ' 



color— has been called the best in aboriginal North America. Some 

 ceremonial vessels were made in the shape of animals, fish, and even 

 human heads. Pots were decorated by polishing, incising, modeling, 

 punctating, engraving, and painting. 



Shellwork also was of a high order. Shell gorgets with engraved 

 or cut and engraved figures remind one immediately of the elaborate 

 ceremonial art of ancient Mexico. Gorgets with representations of 



