438 SOME ABORIGINAL SITES ON MISSISSIPPI RIVER. 
the presence of vertebre beneath the flesh, а common feature in this class of ves- 
sels. The legs extend parallel backward under the body. 
Vessel No. 156, another human effigy bottle, is somewhat more interesting 
than the preceding one on account of the peculiar arrangement of the hair or head- 
dress, which differs on the two sides (Fig. 48). 
Ете. 48.—Vessel No. 156. Bradley Place, Ark. (Height 7.75 inches.) 
Vessel No. 67. A bottle, 7.3 inches in height, with globular body, having as 
decoration three designs based on the swastika, shown in red on a ground of cream 
color. This design was much in vogue in parts of the Middle Mississippi Valley 
region. Almost exactly similar decoration is shown by Holmes," and in various 
plates of our report on aboriginal sites of the St. Francis river, Ark. The neck of 
* William Н. Holmes. “Aboriginal Pott f E: Jni s" Pl. XLla and b. 
Twentieth An. Rep. Bur. Kn. Ethn. ix a кы Вар ЕЕ па 
Op. cit. 
