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been disconnected, at least, not woven into a fabric, and the impres- 

 sions arc generally nearly vertical about the upper part of the vessel, 

 hut below take all positions, the result being a sort of hatching of the 

 lines. This effect may he the result of placing the vessel upon a coarse 

 fabric while the rim was being finished or the handles added. 



It seems possible that a loose net of cords, probably with line cross 

 threads, is used to suspend the vessel in during the process of modeling. 

 It appears, however, if this has been the case, that the vessel has been 

 taken out of this net before it was burned. Where handles have been 

 added, it will be found that the cord markings have been destroyed by 

 the touch of the Angers. But the body has impressions of the net made 

 after the addition of the handles and ornaments, as the impressions 

 appear on the outside or lower edges of these additions. The lower 

 part of the body may still have been supported by the net during the 

 process of drying; but as some vessels have no cord markings what- 



Fig. 139. 



ever, it is evident that it was not difficult to complete the vessel without 

 the support of the net. 



By making a clay impression of one of the fragments I have been 

 able to determine the character of the fabric used. It was loosely 

 woven and quite flexible, the clay often receiving finger impressions 

 through it. It was probably made of grasses or the fibre of bark. 



Beside the net and cord marks, which may or may not be the result 

 of an attempt at ornament, there are ornaments made of fillets of clay. 

 In a number of cases a comb-like figure made of thin fillets has been 

 added to the shoulder of a vase. In other cases a fillet has been carried 

 around the neck of the vase and indented by the finger or au implement. 



The rim of one bowl has been ornamented with three deeply incised 

 or excavated lines, which form a sort of embattled figure about the 

 incurved lip. Another has a series of shallow, vertical, incised lines 

 near the rim, and a circle of annular indentations, three-eighths of an 

 inch in diameter, about one-fourth of an inch from the lip. 



