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ANCIENT POTTERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. 



tion of the cross, is in a purely aboriginal style of design. The gronnd 

 color of the vase is, as usual, a moderately dark gray brown, and the 

 painted figures are laid on in thick, blackish paint. Lines partially en- 

 circle the eyes, and extend down over the cheek to the neck, and a line 

 passes around the mouth and extends down over the chin, neck, and 

 chest to the ba.se of the body. The horizontal bar of the cross connects 

 the. nipples. The shoulder blades and the hands are also painted black. 

 The back is very curiously modeled and painted. 



Fig. 454. — Effigy bottle: Arkansas. — 5. 



FIG. 455.— Effigy bottle: Arkansas.— 5. 



There are in the collection a number of specimens that do not come 

 under either of the preceding heads. Of these I may mention three 

 small figures from Paducah, Kentucky, which represent a snake, a man. 

 and a deer. They are very rudely done, and are possibly modern work. 



Attention should be called to some small specimens resembling toad- 

 stools or mushrooms in shape, some of which may have been stoppers 

 for bottles, while others could have served as implements in some of 

 the arts. One of these pieces has a distinctly vitrified surface. Its age, 

 however, cannot be determined. 



There are a few rude pipes of usual forms and of no special interest. 



The comparative scarcity of these articles, so plentiful in some of the 

 mound districts, is certainly worthy of the attention of arclneologists. 



UPPER MISSISSIPPI PROVINCE. 



I have already pointed out the fact that most of the pottery of the 

 Upper Mississippi region belongs to a distinct family. It has never 

 been as abundant as the pottery of the more southern sections of the 

 country and is not well represented in our museums. There are only a 

 few pieces in the Davenport collection and these are all in a more or less 



