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FiGriiK 1. Indian women using earthen vessels in making cassine (Lafitau).. 26 



2. Suspension of the vessel from a tripod (Schoolcraft) 27 



3. Native maple sugar making (Lafitau) 32 



4. Use of earthen vessel as a drum (Potherie) 34 



5. Earthenware rattle, with clay ijellets (Thruston ) 35 



H. Earthenware trowels and modeling tools 35 



7. Probable manner of using eai-then ware modeling tools 36 



8. Use of clay in plastering house W'all of interlaced canes, Arkansas 



(Thomas ) 37 



9. Rectangular burial casket of earthenware, Tennessee 37 



10. Earthen vessel containing bones of children, Alabama ( Moore) 37 



11. Earthen vessel inverted over a skull for protection, Georgia ( Moore) . 38 

 ] 2. Earthenware burial urn and bowl cover, Georgia 38 



13. I'^arthenware burial urn with cover, Georgia (Moore) 38 



14. Earthenware burial urn with Ijowl cover and otlier vessels, Ala- 



bama ( Moore ) 38 



13. Earthenware burial urn with bowl cover, Alabama (Moore) 39 



16. Mortuary vases imitating the dead face, middle Mississippi \-alley . . 39 



17. Toy-like vessels used as funeral offerings, Florida (^Nloore) 39 



18. Toy-like funeral offerings imitating vegetal forms, Florida (Moore) . 40 



19. Toy-like funeral offerings imitating animal forms, Florida (Moore) . 40 



20. T(iy-like figurine representing liabe in cradle, Tennessee (Thruston) . 40 



21 . Small image of a turtle, Tennessee 41 



22. Small earthenware figures suggesting ancient Mexican work, 



Georgia 41 



23. Earthenware heads of Jlexican type, Georgia 41 



24. Earthenware beads and pendants 42 



25. Ear plugs of earthenware, ]\Iississippi valley 42 



26. Labrets of earthenware, Mississippi valley 43 



27. Pottery disks, probably used in playing some game 43 



28. Spool-shaped articles of clay 44 



29. Range in form of tobacco jiipes 45 



30. Use of the coil in vessel building 51 



31. Use of a basket in modeling an earthen vessel (Cushing) 69 



32. Use of a basket as a mold for the base of an earthen vessel ( Cushing) . 69 



33. Vase showing impressions resulting from the use of pliable fabrics 



in wrapping and sustaining the vessel while plastic 70 



34. Fragment of salt vessel, with cast in clay, showing kind of fabric 



used in modeling vessels 70 



35. Fragment of cooking pot showing impressions of a net-covered 



paddle. North Carolina 71 



36. Bowl from a North Carolina mound, showing impressions of a cord- 



wrapped malleating tool ' 72 



37. Bowl made by the author. The surface finished with the cord- 



wrapped paddle shown in figure 38 72 



38. Cherokee potter's paddle wrapped with cord and used in malleating 



the bowl shown in figure 37 73 



39. Potsherd showing effect produced by rocking a cord-wrapped imple- 



ment back and forth 74 



40. a, A cylindric modeling tool wrajiped with ci.ird (restored); h, a 



notched wheel or roulette (restored); c, a vessel made by the 

 author; surface finished with a cord-wrapped implement anil 



decorated with the roulette 74 



