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among the very small number of vessels found by us on the St. Francis on which 
incised decoration of even average excellence appears. The body of the bottle 
bears a decoration which we consider to have been derived from the crested ser- 
Еге. 22.—Vessel No. 528. Rose Mound. (Full size.) 
pent. Varieties of this decoration are not uncommon on pottery from parts of 
Arkansas and of Alabama. 
Vessel No. 528. <A bottle of coarse, yellow ware, representing a grotesque 
human figure (Fig. 22). There are two perforations in each ear, through which 
