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such as sea shells^ as by the edge of a scallop shell, bark reed, 

 fingernail etc. Nearly all true Algonkian forms show impressed 

 patterns, as opposed to the general Iroquois method of drawn pat- 

 terns that dug into the clay and left the markings. 



As a rule Algonkian pots not influenced by the Iroquois have no 

 overhanging rims, and no collars. A vast number of Algonkian pots- 

 herds show that the decoration was carried over the rim and down 

 into the neck of the pot. 



Complete Algonkian vessels are not common and few museums 

 have more than three or four specimens. Some found in fragments 

 have been restored. 



Fig. 9 Pottery vessel of Algonkian type from 

 Ouaquaga. Yager collection. x}i 



Pottery pipes. Algonkian pottery pipes in New York seldom 

 approach the beauty of form or finish of either their own stone 

 pipes or of Iroquois clay pipes. The earlier Algonkian clay pipes 

 are crude, some being almost childish in modeling. In later sites 

 there is considerable improvement until in some inland sites pipes 

 have arrived at a definite form and are well made. Decoration is 



