CERTAIN ABORIGINAL RExMAINS OF THE NW. FLORIDA COAST. 289 



The decoration, shown in Fig. 255, is rudely executed. A material, probablj 

 yellow claj, has been inset in the line and punctate markings. 



Vessel No. 10. — A bird-effigy vessel with the upper part of the body and head 

 missing, Avhen found. The body has since been restored and a head found not far 

 distant in the mound, and seemingly belonging to the vessel, has been added. The 

 ware is inferior. The outside has a covering of crimson paint. Throughout the 

 bod}- are triangular holes made before baking, as was the small triangular one in the 

 base (Fig. 256). 



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Fig. 255. —Vessel No. 8. Hall mound. (About five-sixtbs size.) 



Vessel No. 11. — A bowl of about 2 gallons capacitj^ has four incised designs, 

 those on opposite sides being similar. The two different designs are shown diagram- 

 matically in Fig. 257. 



Vessel No. 12. — An oblate-spheroidal body with upright neck (Fig. 258). The 

 decoration, incised to an unusual depth, complicated and interesting, is shown 

 diagrammatically in Fig. 259. It will be remarked that seven groupings running 

 downw^ard resemble each other, with minor points of difference only, and that three 

 groupings extending upward are also much alike, though not entirely so. There 

 are four blank spaces which the aboriginal artist, presumably, did not take time to 

 fill. The vessel, found crushed into many fragments, has been carefully cemented 

 toarether. 



Vessel No. 13. — This vessel, a bird-effigy, belonging to the readj'-made mortuary 

 variety, had, when found, a considerable part of the body and tail broken and 



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