594 PREHISTORIC VILLAGES IN TENNESSEE [ETH. ANN. 41 
The restoration of the vessel shown in Figure 197 indicates it to 
have been 16 inches across the rim and 16 inches in depth. Both 
its exterior and interior were yellowish gray (pl. 106, 9). Fragments 
were also found of another vessel similar in size, shape, and color to 
that shown in Figure 197. 
Figure 198 shows a restoration of a fine sunfish bowl about 7 inches 
in length. The material is hard-burned clay mixed with powdered 
shell. Both interior and exterior are black. 
Plate 134, a, shows a black vessel which represents a raccoon. At 
some places the black is worn away and the very dark gray paste 
with flecks of powdered shell can be seen. It is in the author’s col- 
lection, and was found in the Noel stone-slab cemetery about 9 miles 
northwest of the Fewkes group. <A fragment of a similar vessel was 
Fic. 199.—Vessel from house circle No. 6 
among the sherds in circle No. 6. The Fewkes raccoon vessel was a 
dark salmon color, somewhat similar to Plate 106,4. The bowl of 
the Fewkes vase was about 7 inches in diameter at its widest point. 
The bowl of the Noel vase was 4 inches in diameter. 
The vessel shown in Figure 199 is 514 inches across the rim and 
6 inches in depth. It is not highly polished, but has a close, firm 
texture, and is much better burned than was customary with the 
Indians. It is composed of fine clay, well mixed with powdered shell, 
and coated both on exterior and interior with a thin layer of buff- 
colored clay, somewhat darker than Plate 106,h. This vessel will 
compare favorably in hardness and general usefulness with the 
pottery of the modern whites. 
Fragments of another vessel, similar in shape to that shown in 
Figure 199, were found in circle No. 6. It was 10 inches across rim 
