538 CERTAIN MOUNDS ОҒ ARKANSAS AND OF MISSISSIPPI. 
cated cone as a support, and recalls to some extent the basal part of certain bottles 
from the region in question. This vessel is without decoration 
Vessel No. 51 belongs to the same class as that just described, but differs 
from it in that the support has a greater number of perforations and the vessel 
bears incised decoration. Around the lower part of the support is an encircling, 
incised line, in connection with which are oblique, parallel, incised lines (Fig. 57). 
FrG.54.— Vessel No. 111. Greer. (Height 4.8 inches.) 
The interior of the upper part bears an interesting, incised decoration (Fig. 
58), in relation to which, and to the decoration on the two vessels described after 
this опе, we have consulted with Mr. Charles C. Willoughby, for whose assistance 
in this matter we wish to express our thanks. 
The central figure, of course, is the cross of the four directions, while the cross- 
' The reader is referred also to Mr. Willoughby's paper, * An Analysis of the Decorations upon 
Pottery from the Mississippi Valley," Journal of American Folk-Lore, Vol. X, 1897. 
