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FORM AND ORNAMENT IN CERAMIC ART. 



Thus in Fig. 467, a, we have a form of wooden vessel, a sort of winged 

 trough that I have frequently found copied in clay. The earthen vessel 

 given in Fig. 4(17, b. was obtained from an ancient grave in Arkansas. 



«, stone. 6, clay. 



Fig. 4G6. — Form derived from a stone pot. 



The carapace of some species of turtles, and perhaps even the hard 

 case of the armadillo, could be utilized in n similar way. 

 The shaping of a kuot of wood often gives rise to a dipper shaped 



Fig. -167 — Form derived from a wooden tray. 



vessel, such as may be found in use by many tribes, and is as likely an 

 original for the dipper form in clay as is the gourd or the couch shell; 

 the familiar horn vessel of the western tribes, Fig. 4CS, a, would have 



a, Horn. h. Clay. 



Fig. 468.— Form derived from a horn spoon. 



served equally well. The specimen given in b is from Arkansas. As 

 a rule, however, such vessels cannot be traced to their originals, since 



n, Hark. b, Clay. 



Fig. 409.— Foim derived from a bark vessel. 



by copying and recopyiug they have varied from the parent form, tend- 

 ing always toward uniform conventional shapes. 



