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ABORIGINAL POTTERY OF EASTERN UNITED STATES [f.th.ann.20 



tioii ti> leugtli. So far as my kiniwledge nf them goes tliey are foiin<l only in Lewis, 

 Fleming, Mason (of whioh Maysville is the county seat), Nicholas, and Bracken 

 counties, Kentucky, and Brriwn and Adams counties, Ohio — all these counties being 

 contiguous. It is reixjrted tliat one was found in Ross county and one in Scioto 

 county, Ohio. 



While there is considerable variation in the incised lines, they all seem to be mod- 

 ifications of the two systems in the specimens illustrated. 



Fig. 28 — Spuol-shaped articles of clay, containing unusual designs in incised lines. From a photograph 

 furnislied by Thoma-s W. Kinney, Portsmouth, Ohio. 



F.UiTIiKVWAHK ToKACrO PiPE.S 



Pipes for smokinu' tohticco and other dried piiiiits were g-eiierall}^ 

 made of vegetal su>)staiice.s or of ,-<tone, hut in .some .seetions elay wa.s 

 much used. Sinoivino- as a matter of gustatory gratilieation was a 

 widespread eii.stom. and many aeeounts agree in malving it an impor- 

 tant feature in m-agic. ndigious ceremonials, councils, and treaties. 



