392 



ANCIENT POTTERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. 



The tail is flat, curved a little upward, and ridged along the middle 

 in imitation of the attenuated caudal column. The general consistency 

 of this work is demonstrated by the fact that this particular form of 

 tail accompanies this form of head in all cases, aud is uot associated 



Fig. 390.— Bowl with bat's bead : Pecan Point, Arkansas. — J. 



with auy other. The face of the bat is always turned toward the vessel ; 



in imitation of other varieties of animals, it is nearly always turned out. 



In one case, Fig. 391, we have, what appears to be, a human head 



attached to the side of the bowl. This head is furnished with a tri- 



Fig. 391.— Bowl: Arkansas. — J. 



angular crest, notched on the edges, and enlarged at the top. The case 

 is a perplexing one, especially as a tail like that attached to the bird 

 bowls occurs on the side opposite the head. 



POT-SHAPKlt VESSELS. 



There is no hard line of demarkatiou between the class of vessels now 

 to be considered and those already described. The distinction is made 

 chiefly for convenience of treatment. 



