956 MOUNDVILLE REVISITED. 
Vessel No. 18 from the field west of Mound R, is а bottle (Fig. 20) with a 
painted design showing a skull or conventionalized head, and an open hand—each 
being present three times on the vessel. Painted decoration evidently was not in 
vogue at Moundville, as but three vessels so decorated have been found by us there. 
Holmes! describes and figures а bottle from Mississippi, with painted design almost 
FrG.20.— Vessel No. 18. Field west of Mound R. Painted design showing head or 
skull, and open hand. (Height 5.3 inches.) 
exactly similar to ours, while Thruston? also shows one from Tennessee bearing the 
same general characteristics. Тһе coloring on the Moundville specimen is light 
yellow on a ground of brown. Тһе design, though plainly distinguishable, has 
become somewhat dimmed through lapse of time. 
' “ Aboriginal Pottery of Eastern United States," 20th An. Rep. Bur. Am. Ethn., Plate LVI, b 
and e, and page 106. | 
* Gates P. Thruston, “ Antiquities of Tennessee,” p. 136. 
