SOME ABORIGINAL SITES ON MISSISSIPPI RIVER. 437 
The bottle had been of yellow ware, and had possessed three feet which, hol- 
low, had been joined to the body of the bottle after the body itself had been com- 
pleted. A circular implement had been used to punch holes through the base of 
the bottle to enable the feet to share in the holding capacity of the body. 
The most interesting feature of the bottle, however, is that having lost its neck, 
a mass of clay had been in part forced down through the opening where the neck 
had been and in part spread over surrounding portions of the body. The mass of 
clay was then fired to some extent, leaving the part within the bottle very imper- 
fectly baked, while the exterior portion is more thoroughly fired. 
Ега. 47.—Vessel No. 87. Bradley Place, Ark. (Height 5.9 inches.) 
The entire mass of clay was withdrawn by us from the bottle only after con- 
siderable effort, and it was evident that the closing of the open space had been 
intended to be permanent, possibly with a view to the reversal of the original posi- 
tion of the vessel, the contents to be allowed to escape through the orifices where 
the feet had been. It is possible this was the work of children. 
Vessel No. 94. This interesting bottle, shown in Fig. 46, presents a rather 
novel feature, namely, the representation of the human head, the circular opening 
of the bottle taking the place of the mouth. 
Vessel No. 87. A human effigy bottle (Fig. 47) presenting no feature of espe- 
cial interest and shown merely as a specimen of effigy vessels from this place. A 
line of small protuberances extending down the back are designed to represent 
