CERTAIN ABORIGINAL REMAINS OF THE N. W. FLORIDA COAST. 491 



Vessel No. 55. — A bowl, imperforate, with symbolical decoration rudely 

 executed (Fig. 111). Maximum diameter, 6.5 inches; depth, 3.5 inches. This 

 bowl, one side of which was crushed by a blow from a spade, lay over the skull of 

 a child. 



Vessel No. 56. — This vessel lay on its side, in the pottery deposit just beneath 

 the surface. The ware is poor and rather rudely decorated. The rim has two per- 

 forations for suspension, a feature seldom met with in this section. A basal 

 perforation lies to one side of the center. Parts of the vessel are missing. 

 Maximum diameter, 5.3 inches; height, 4 inches; aperture, 4.5 inches (Fig. 112). 



Vessel No. 57. — This small, six-pointed dish of bright yellow ware, perforate as 

 to the base, lay in a deposit of pottery and, like nearly all vessels from such ( 

 it is imperfect, having one corner missing. 



Fig. 111. — Vessel No. 55. Cemetery near Point F 



Washington. (Half size.) 



Fig. 113 shows a number of handles of vessels from the cemetery near 

 Point Washington. The heads of various birds are shown in a, b, c, f, h, and 

 i. An unusual form, two birds' heads, each looking in an opposite direction, is 

 shown in g. The head of a turtle is poorly represented by j. In reality the head 

 is very life-like, being of black ware decorated with red paint. The animals 

 represented in d and e are doubtless dogs. Cabega de Vaca, during his travels, 

 met with many aboriginal dogs. 



In Fig. 114 we have additional handles of vessels from the cemetery. 



Heads of owls, presumably, are 

 shown in a and c. We have 

 in b an entire bird with a head 

 disproportionately large. A 

 bird's head is shown in d. An- 

 other dog is figured in e. 



Fig. 115 shows symbolical 



Fig. 115.— Decoration from part of vessel. Cemetery near decoration On a large sherd. 



Point Washington. (One-third size.) 



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