380 SOME ABORIGINAL SITES ON MISSISSIPPI RIVER. 
of a marine univalve (Fulgur), including а small part of the whorl, perforated lon- 
gitudinally ; a flat pebble about 3 inches in length, chipped on opposite sides near 
the smaller end to facilitate attachment to a handle, perhaps for use as a pebble 
hammer. 
A sample of pigment from this а 18 reported on by Dr. H. F. Keller as 
follows: “That marked ‘Site at Oak Bend, Warren Со., Miss., is a red ochre соп- 
taining about 407 of clay and silica and about 60% of hydrated oxide of iron. It 
is intensely red throughout its entire mass and is coarsely granular and gritty.” 
Forty-six vessels of earthenware, mostly in small fragments, were recovered 
from this mound. The ware, as a rule, is inferior to that found in the mound near 
Glass, only two miles distant. Ten of the vessels are without decoration ; most of 
the others bear incised or trailed designs, some, however, crude and жүзе 
One fragment of a vessel which apparently had been coated with red pigment 
was the only evidence encountered of the use of paint in the decoration of earthen- 
ware in this mound. 
Several of the better class of vessels from the Oak Bend Landing mound will 
now be described in detail. | 
Vessel No. 10. This bottle (Fig. 5), with low, wide neck, is of hard and com- 
Ето. 5.—Vessel No. 10. Oak Bend Landing, Miss. (Height 6 inches.) 
