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ANCIENT POTTERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. 



nature. It is characterized by upright ears, a high bulbous suout and 

 a grinning mouth. The teeth in some cases resemble the faugs of a 

 serpent. The eyes consist of rounded nodes ; and often curved lines, 



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Fig. 387.— Bowl with grotesque handle : Soaulou's Lauding, Arkansas.— J. 



incised or in relief, extend from them or the mouth down the sides of 

 the neck. The tail at the opposite end of the vessel is turned upward 



Fig. 388.— Animal-shaped bowl: Arkansas. — \. 



and coiled. The type specimens of this form are from Pecan Point, 

 Arkansas. 



