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rather rudely finished and is painted red and on the exterior is made 

 slightly concave and furnished with a raised band to facilitate the 

 attacliment of the head. The painted ornament encircles the body 

 in four zones, two upon the upper portion and two upon the base. 



Fig. 238. Conventional design on drum shown in Fig. 2.37. composed of alligator derivatives. 



The designs occupying the body zones are unique and viewed in the 

 light of their probable origin are extremely interesting. In another 

 place further on in this paper I shall show that they are probably 



