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ANCIENT POTTERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. 



ware from the vicinity of Prairie du Chien may be seen in the National 

 Museum. 



A large fragment from Baraboo County, Wisconsin, shows a full 

 body and a slightly flaring rim. The upper part is ornamented with 

 horizontal lines of annular indentations, and the body is covered with 

 rather rude patterns made by rolling a notched wheel or roulette back 

 aud forth in zigzag lines. 



Two handsome pieces of this ware were recently obtained by the 

 Bureau of Ethnology from a mound in Vernon County, Wisconsin. 

 The finest of these, which is shown in Fig. 457, is six aud a half inches 

 in height, aud in symmetry and finish rivals the best work of the south. 

 The paste is dark, compact, and fine grained, and tempered apparently 

 with sand. The color of the surface is a rich, mottled brown. The 

 most striking feature of the decoration consists of a number of polished 

 bands, extending in divers directions over the surface, the interstices 

 being filled in with indented figures. The lip is smooth and the margin 

 rounded. The exterior surface of the narrow collar is ornamented with 

 oblique lines made by a roulette, and crossed at intervals with fine 

 incised lines. The neck is slightly constricted, and is encircled by a 

 polished zone one and one-fourth inches wide, having a line of indenta- 

 tions along the upper edge. The body is separated into four lobes by 

 four vertical, depressed, polished bands about one inch wide. Two of 

 these lobes are crossed obliquely by similar polished bands. These 

 bands were all finished with a polishing implement, and are somewhat 

 depressed, probably the result of strong pressure with this tool. They 

 are bordered by wide incised lines. The intervening spaces are indented 

 with a roulette. 



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Fig. 458.— Vase ; Illinois.— J. 



A handsome little vessel, obtained from a mound at Albany, White- 

 sides County, Illinois, is illustrated in Fig. 458. It apparently belongs 

 to the silicious ware of the north. The shape aud ornamentation are 



