HOLMES.] 



BOTTLES OF COMPOUND FORM. 



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Modifications of the simple outlines of bottles exhibit many interest- 

 ing peculiarities. Compound forms are not unusual and consist gen- 

 erally of imitations of two vessels, the one superimposed upon or set 

 in the mouth of another. A good example in the ordinary plain dark 

 ware is given in Fig. 436. Similar shapes are suggested by lobed forms 

 of the gourd. 



FIG. 436.— Bottle: Arkansas.— J. 



Other specimens may be seen in which there is only a gentle swelling 

 of the neck, but all gradations occur between this condition and that 

 in which forms of two vessels distinctly appear. 



A very usual form is illustrated in Fig. 437. Below the overhanging 

 lip the neck contracts and then expands until quite full, and at the base 

 contracts again. This feature corresponds to the upper vessel sug- 

 gested in the preceding case. Four flattened handles are placed about 



Fig. 437.— Bottle: Pecan Point, Arkansas.— J. 



the upper part of the neck and three rows of small conical pits en- 

 circle the most expanded portion. The body is plain and much com- 

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