Plate 15, 16, and 17. 
Plate 15 (Catalog No. 8X69) is a realistic, but oversized 
frog effigy vessel nearly a foot long. Barely showing in 
the photograph are two holes on both the front and rear 
of the opening on the back, presumably for suspension. 
This seems to indicate that the vessel had a utilitarian 
function, and was not solely for mortuary use. The pot 
is well smoothed and fired, the work of an expert, as 
well as artistic potter. Notation on the base indicates 
that it was discovered in Mississippi County, Arkansas. 
Plate 16 (Catalog No. 8X47) is a stylized effigy of a 
dog. This type of vessel has been called both an open 
mouthed water bottle, and a narrow-neck olla. 
The dog is less realistic than the pottery Co/ima dogs 
of Mexico. The Mexican dog representations sometimes 
have an opening in the end of a straight tail, instead 
of on the top of the back as in this vessel. There is no 
information on where this well made vessel was 
found, but it is similar to others from near the Missi- 
ssippi River in the Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, 
and Arkansas area. 
Plate 17 (Catalog No. 8X59) is an animal effigy in the 
form of a hooded water bottle. The animal resembles 
a raccoon. The modeling is less sure than that of the 
other two vessels. A notation on the back indicates 
that it was found in Fulton County, Kentucky in 1880. 
All three of these vessels were made by Mississippian 
Indians, probably sometime in the period of about 
A.D. 1300-1600. 
