916 CERTAIN MOUNDS OF ARKANSAS AND OF MISSISSIPPI. 
and a slight extension at the base of the vessel, having a flat under surface, is 
coated with pigment of the same shade on such parts as are visible. 
It is interesting to note that two bottles bearing almost exactly similar decora- 
tion to that just described, were found in a mound in Coahoma county, Mississippi.’ 
Vessel Хо. 28, a gracefully formed, acorn-shaped vessel of dark, smooth ware, 
4.5 inches in height, bears around the upper portion a design six times shown, con- 
Ес. 31.—Vessel No. 26. Old River Landing. (Height 5.4 inches.) 
sisting of partly interlocked scrolls, each having on its upper part a small, roughly 
triangular space filled with reticulated lines. The entire design is a convention- 
alized decoration derived from the representation of crested serpents on earthen- 
ware, the evolution of which we have shown? step by step, through the merging 
‘Charles Peabody, ‘ Exploration of Mounds. Coal C z, Mississippi," 
abody, ** E: i ) в, Coahoma County, Mississippi," Peabody Museum 
Papers, Vol. ІП, No. 2, Pl. XV | i HS ; 
225“ Moundville Revisited," Fig. 65 to Fig. 73, inclusive. Journal of the Academy of Natural 
Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. XIII. i 
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