226 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL REMAINS OF THE NW. FLORIDA COAST. 



capacity, in pieces which have since been cemented together. The base is perforate. 



The decoration consists of upright parallel bars of crim- 

 son paint rudely applied. With this vessel were many 

 fragments representing parts of three or four vessels, all 

 decorated with crimson pigment. In association with 

 these was a vessel with the rim slightly broken, which, 

 at first glance, seemed to be an upright cylindrical cup 

 placed within a bowl. Around the bod}^ and even on the 

 base is a repetition of an incised and punctate design with 

 crimson pigment, in addition. The neck is crimson inside 

 and out. There is a basal perforation (Fig. 163). Height, 

 5.2 inches; maximum diameter of body, 4 inches; diame- 



FiG.162.-Sheid. Mound A. Pierce tcr of Opening, 3 inchcS. 



^ai"liie°r' ^'"'"""'''""'' ^^^*^^ fragments of ware were a small undecorated 





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Fig. 163. — Vessel of eai-thenware. Mound A. Pierce mounds, near Apalacliicola. (Full size.) 



