HOLMES.] 



MODELING OF GROTESQUE FORMS. 



389 



ducks are apparently differentiated, one of which, resembling the sum- 

 mer duck closely, is given in a, while the head given in b, although 

 possibly also intended for a duck, is much like a grouse or partridge. 

 The pigeon or dove is seen in c, the vulture or eagle in d, and the owl 

 in e. 



Flo. 385.— Bowl with grotesque Lead: Pecan Point. Arkansas. — J. 



It would be difficult to imagine more grotesque and outlandish heads 

 than those attached to the bowls illustrated in Figs. 385 and 38G. The 

 vessels themselves are of the usual type, rudely modeled and finished 



Fig. 386. — Bowl with grotesque bead : Pecan Point, Arkansas. — £. 



and very heavy. The first is dark in color, the other red. The strange 

 animal here represented is certainly not a close copy of anything in 



