478 CERTAIN RIVER MOUNDS OF DUVAL COUNTY, FLORIDA. 



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A cockle shell (Cardi'um) con- 

 tained a certain amount of crimson 

 pigment, but whether it had been 

 used as a receptacle for paint, an 

 aboriginal use for certain shells in 

 California, or whether the pigment 

 was accidentally obtained through 

 proximity to one of these masses 

 present throughout the mound, we 

 are unable to say. 



EAKTHENWARE. 



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Fig. 26.— Pendant of shell. 

 Grant mound. (Full 

 size.) 



Fig. 27.— Ellipsoidal object of 

 shell. Grant mound. (Full 

 size.) 



Thirty-five vessels of earthen- 

 ware were taken from the Grant 

 mound, none of so much as one quart 

 capacity. Some had the base intact ; 

 others a hole knocked through after 

 baking, though the great majority 

 were of the "■freak" style of mortuary 

 pottery with perforation in the base 

 made prior to baking. None bore any 

 traces of soot or evidence of use over 

 fire. These vessels, as a rule, did 

 not seem to be associated with human 

 remains, though, in the case of many 

 which came from sand caved from 

 above, absolute determination was 



impossible. The material of all was of the usual flimsy sort used for vessels 



made for mortuary purposes. 



In Plate LXXIII, Fig. 3, is shown a bowl 1.8 inches in depth with a maximum 



diameter of 5.3 inches. In common with all other vessels in the Grant mound, it 



shows no sign of use over fire and is probably of the mortuary variety. 



In Plate LXXIV, Fig. 1, we have a vessel doubtless of a similar type, though 



in both cases the base has been perforated after completion. Height, 2 inches ; 



length, 6.9 inches; maximum breadth, 4.8 inches. 



A specimen of the pure "freak" variety is shown in Plate LXXIV, Fig. 2. 



The perforation at its base was made previous to baking. The form is entirely new 



to us. Height, 4.2 inches; maximum diameter, at rim, 3 inches. 



Plate LXXIV, Fig. 3, represents a portion of a vessel with perforations of side 



and base. The motive for constructing a vessel of this sort is not apparent. 



Very recently vessels each with numerous perforations at the base have been found 



