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of the vessel is flat. The make and finish are as usual, but the surface 

 has been painted red. A similar vessel is shown in Fig. 377, the view 

 being taken from the front. It is well polished and has a rounded bot- 

 tom. The color is dark. 



Fig. 381.— Bird-shaped bowl: Arkansas. — J. 



Another remarkable example of this use of animal forms is seen in 

 the vessel presented in Fig. 378. A deep globular bowl of dark, well- 

 polished ware is made to represent the head of an animal. A long 

 snout, with teeth and nostrils and accompanied by a pair of knobs 



Flo. 382. — Bowl with grotesque heads : Arkansas. - 



for eyes, embellishes the right side — as seen in the cut— ears appear 

 at the front and back, and a circular node standing, perhaps, for the 

 severed neck, is placed at the left. The head has a decidedly porcine 

 look, yet it may have been intended for a raccoon or an opossum. 



