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ANCIENT POTTERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. 



neck is narrow above and expands abruptly below. The body is globular. 

 Looking at this vessel with reference to a possible origin, we observe 

 its resemblance to a common form of gourd. By a review of the collec- 

 tion, we find that there are many similar vessels actually modeled in 

 imitation of gourds. Good examples are given in the Third Annual 



Fig. 432.— Bottle: Arkansas.— J. 



Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, from which Fig. 431 is taken, and 

 iii a paper by Edward Evers in Contributions to the Archaeology of 



[National lluseiim. ] 



Missouri. The markings of the original are often shown with a great 

 deal of truthfulness in the earthenware reproductions. 



