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POTTERY. 



6,, Plate IL figs. 3, 4, 6). AU of the handles observed, 

 ^yith one exception, were placed verticallv. In the case 

 of the exception it extended laterally in a horizontal 

 plane, about one inch and a half below the upper rim 

 of the vessel. 



OrnameDtation. The style of ornamentation occa- 

 sionally seen on the common pottery is particularly 

 crude and consists mostly in the placing of linear and 



dotted indentations on the 

 handles, or ears, and on the 

 upper rim of the vessels. (Plate 

 11). These indentations are 

 arranged in the simplest kind 

 of patterns, such as single, 

 double, or triple lines. Xo at- 

 tempts to represent animate 

 objects have been observed on 

 any specimens. The convex 

 surface of a few sherds is 

 painted red. On many pieces 

 there were some shallow indentations suggesting partly 

 obliterated impressions of some coarse plaited fabric 

 (Fig. 8), which indicates that the vessels were moulded 

 in some sort of plaited form. This is known to have 

 been a common method of moulding clay among the 

 Indians. On the sherd from the bottom of one vessel 

 there was a circular raised ring (Fig. 9). This seems 

 to be too small for increasing the stabilit}' of the vessel 

 on the ground and was perhaps rather intended to 

 secure its equilibrium when placed on the head, where 

 Indian water carriers are in the habit of supporting 



Fig. S. a potsherd with partially 



obliterated indentations of some plaited 



fabric. The impressions are on the outer 



(convex) surface. Slightly reduced. 



