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Fl<;. 42. — Vessel No. 1. Mound near Fanning's Bayou. (Half size.) 



Vessel No. 2.— A bowl of curious outline recalling that of a horseshce were the 

 extremities joined. The body is undecorated. Notches extend around the margin of 



the curved portion, while an incised 

 line resembling the sjmbol of the 

 bird, which, seemingly, is not always 

 confined to bird-vessels, stretches 

 across the straight portion (Fig. 43). 

 Vessel No. 3. — A gracefully 

 made semiglobular vessel with 

 short, upright, rounded rim, of excel- 

 lent ware, has four encircling lines of 

 punctate markings around the upper 

 part of the body, about 1 inch apart. 

 Maximum diameter, 10.5 inches; 

 height, 6.5 inches. 



Vessel No. 4. — A jar of inferior 

 w\are (Fig. 44), 6 inches in maximum 

 diameter wath a present height of 9 

 inches, bears a curious punctate and 

 incised decoration, probably some highly conventionalized figures among which 

 may be recognized the symbol of the bird. The decoration is shown diagrammati- 

 cally in Fig. 45. 



Vessel No. 5. — A bowl of yellow wai-e of about 1 quart capacity with rude line 

 and punctate decoration as shown in Fig. 46. 



Vessel No. 6. — A vase roughly 

 globular as to the body with neck 

 fiaring outward and upward. Where 

 the neck joins the body on the out- 

 side are two encirclinii' rows of 

 pinched decoration (Fig. 47). Maxi- 

 mum diameter, 7.5 inches; height, 

 5.5 inches. 



Vessel No. 7. — In the central 

 deposit was a curious vessel of thick 

 ware rather carelessly made, the up- 

 per portion leaning to one side. On 

 the upper part of the vessel is punc- 

 tate decoration. There are two holes 

 for suspension (Fig. 48). Height, 

 7 inches: maximum diameter, 5.8 

 inches. 



Vessel No. 8. — A vase of yellow 

 ware of about 1 quart capacity, found broken into many pieces, a few of which, not 



Flu. 43. — Ve.ssel No. 2. Mound near Fanuing's Bayou. (Half size.) 



