470 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL MOUNDS, APALACHICOLA RIVER. 



Vessel No. 1. — Almost due east, probably where the original margin of the 

 mound was, lay a vessel in fragments, with traces of red pigment, inside and out, 

 and a space where a bird-head handle had been (Fig. 131). In the base is a circu- 

 lar hole made before the baking of the clay and, in the body of the vessel, are open- 



FiG. 132. — Vessel No. 1. Decoration. Mound in Davis' Field. (Half size.) 



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ings made at the same time. In Fig. 132 is shown diagram matically the incised 

 and punctate decoration on the wings and on the tail, that on each wing to the left, 

 on the tail to the right. Here we have a ceremonial vessel such as was frequently 



-^-' met with by us along the northwest coast of 



•t Florida between St. Andrew's bay and the 



/ ' Warrior river (see outline map) . 



Vessel No. 2. — Near Vessel No. 1 lay a 

 mass of fragments, a mixture of sherds and 

 parts of vessels, also several undecorated vessels 

 badly crushed. Several feet on either side of 

 this deposit were parts of vessels or possibly 

 whole ones which had been broken and scat- 

 tered. Certain fragments from this material, 

 cemented together, with slight restoration at 

 places, are shown in Fig. 133. With these frag- 

 ments was a small, earthenware head of an owl 

 w^hich, like the vessel, which is colored with red 

 pigment inside and out, bore traces of crimson 

 paint. We have tried in vain to find a connec- 

 tion between the head and the vessel. This 

 vessel belongs strictly to the ceremonial class, 

 having body perforations and a basal hole, 

 made before the clay was "fired." 



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Fig. 133.— Vessel No. 2. Mound in Davis' Field. 

 (Oue-tliird size.) 



