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FORMS OF BOTTLES. 



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side, interferes but little with tbe outline. The face is slightly relieved 

 and extends from the neck of the vase to the widest part of the body, 

 and laterally occupies about one third of the circumference. The middle 

 portion of the face is finished with a light flesh-colored slip, the re- 

 mainder of the surface of the vessel being painted a bright rich red. 

 Like the preceding example, the countenance is made to give the ap- 

 pearance of death or sleep. Other face-vessels of scarcely less interest 

 are found in the Thibault collection. 



HIGH-XECKED BOTTLES. 



High-necked, full-bodied bottles form a decided feature in the pottery 

 of this province. Similar vessels are rarely found in other sections of 

 the United States, but occur in Mexico and South America, The forms 

 are nowhere else so pronounced. They suggest the well-known water 

 bottles of eastern countries. 



In material, finish, and decorative treatment they do not differ greatly 

 from the vases described in the preceding section. 



Form. — Their forms are greatly and often happily varied as will be 

 seen from the series of outlines given in Fig. 425. 



FIG. 425.— Scale of forms. 



A striking feature is found in the presence of legs and stands. The 

 former exhibit globular, conical, cylindrical, and terraced forms, Fig. 

 4126. No example has any striking resemblance to European forms. 



All are tripods, and are attached to ordinary forms of vessels in a way 

 to suggest that they are superadded features probably rather recently 

 acquired ; at the same time legs were doubtless employed by the pre- 

 columbian peoples. This is known to be true of Mexico, and Central 

 and South America. There is no reason why the mound-builders of the 

 Mississippi should not have discovered the use of such a device, readily 

 suggested by the use of supports in building, in baking, or in using the 

 vessels, and it would necessarily follow the modeling of life forms. It 

 is true that quadrupeds would not directly suggest the tripod, but birds 



