42 ABORIGINAL POTTERY OF EASTERN UNITED STATES (eth, a.sn.20 



projjortion shown ]>y the makers, but illustrations have not as yet been 

 pulilished. 



The oecurrenee of sueh unusual features of art as this and the flat- 

 headed tig'virines mentioned above, adds force to the suo-gestion atl'orded 

 by certain unique works in stone, copper, and shell foixnd in the geu- 

 erid region, that some of the early people had contact, more or less 

 direct, with the advanced nations of Mexico. 



Personal Ornaments of Earthenware 



Clay, colored by a variety of oxides and other substances, was exten- 

 si\'ely used for painting the person as well as various objects of art. l)ut 



l'"n;. 2i — Karthf uwarc tn'urls ami puiidants, variuiis localities. 



Fic. 'J') — Knr plugs of cartlu'iiware, iiiitUlU- ami lower Mississippi valley. 



articles of baked clay were rarely utilized for ornament. Occasion- 

 ally baked clav was emijloyed for Ix'ads and pendants (see figure 24), 



