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the purpose of trade than for use in their domestic arts. The vessels 

 are, to a great extent, modeled after the ware of the whites, but the 

 methods of manufacture seem to be almost wholly aboriginal. 

 63070. A handled mug or cup of brownish ware. The form is not abo- 

 riginal. It is composed of clay, tempered, apparently, with 

 pulverized shell. The surface has a slight polish produced 

 by a polishing implement. The height is 4£ inches and the 

 width nearly the same. 

 63068. Large flat-bottomed bowl, 6 inches in height, 11 inches in diam- 

 ter at the top, and 8 at the base. Although made without a 

 wheel, this vessel is quite symmetrical. The thickness is 

 from one-fourth to one-half of an inch. The material has 

 been a dark clay paste with tempering of powdered mica. 



63066. A three-legged pot, with spherical body, resembling very closely 



in appearance the common iron cooking pot of the whites. 

 The rim is 6 inches in diameter, and 1 inch high. The 

 body is 9 inches in diameter. Two handles are attached 

 to the upper part of the body. The form is symmetrical and 

 the surface highly polished. The polishing stone has been 

 used with so much skill that the effect of a glaze is well 

 produced. The materials used were clay and pulverized 

 mica. The color is dark brown. 



63067. A strong, rudely made vessel shaped like a half cask. The walls 



are about one-half an inch in thickness. The surface is rough, 

 the polishing stone having been very carelessly applied. 



63068. A flat-bottomed bowl symmetrical in shape but rudely finished. 



VEGETAL SUBSTANCES. 



63063. Basket sieve said to be used to separate the finer from the 

 coarser particles of pounded corn. The coarse meal thus 

 obtained is boiled and allowed to ferment, This is used as 

 food and is called covnnivhana. The sieve is made of split 

 cane carefully smoothed ; some of the strips are dyed red 

 and others brown. A simple ornamental design is worked 

 in these colors. The opening is square, with rounded corners, 

 the sides measuring 14 inches. The depth is 5 inches. The 

 bottom is flat and loosely woven. 



63072. A bottle-shaped basket, with constricted neck and rectangular 



body, used by the Cherokees for carrying fish. Height, 11 

 inches; width of mouth, 4 inches; diameter of body, 6 

 inches. It is made of strips of white oak or hickory, one- 

 fourth of an inch in thickness. 



63073. Basket made of strips of white oak intended for the storage of 



seeds and for other household uses. The rim is about 5 

 inches in diameter; the body is 8 inches in diameter, the 

 base being rectangular aud flat, 



