462 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL REMAINS OF THE N. W. FLORIDA COAST. 



interesting vessel taken by us from the Florida coast. It fell with caving sand, so 

 that data as to its association with human remains were not obtainable. The body, 

 which tapers to a flat base 1.8 inches across, has a maximum diameter of 5 inches. 



The undecorated upright neck 

 expands slightly. The height 

 is about 4.5 inches. The deco- 

 ration, carefully engraved, rep- 

 resents, on one side of the body 

 of the bottle, a head wearing a 

 grotesque mask having the beak 

 of a bird and the bird's eye so 

 often shown on aboriginal work. 

 Above the head is a conven- 

 tionalized serpent marking. The 

 engraved decoration is shown 

 on the half-tone representation of the bottle (Fig. 53) and diagrammatically in 

 Fig. 54. 



On the opposite side of the bottle is an engraved design representing an eagle 



Fig. 54. — Eugraved decorat: 



No. 8. (Half s 



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Fig. 55.— Vessel No. I 



Opposite side. (Full 



