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Fig. 28. — Tobacco pipe of earthenware. Grant mound. (Full size.) 



are doubtless types of mortuary ware. The 

 made prior to baking ; the smaller, imperforate 

 as to the base, has two small holes for sus- 

 pension. 



A bowl of about one quart capacity, with 

 incised and stamped decoration beneath the 

 margin, has but one of the two holes, one on 

 either side, usually made for suspension. As 

 the base has a large perforation made previous 

 to baking, it is probable the potter was not 

 over-careful as to the bestowal of details not 

 likely to be called into requisition. 



One small vessel with perforation of base 

 made prior to completion, has a small hole on 

 either side of this perforation and none 



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in certain Kentucky mounds. 

 These are supposed to have served 

 as colanders or sieves, like those 

 in use in southern Mexico for 

 straining the cactus fruit. In the 

 case of our vessel, however, such 

 cannot have been the case, as a 

 perforation at the base, made pre- 

 vious to baking, has a maximum 

 diameter of almost 1 inch. It is 

 perhaps an emphasized form of 

 " freak " mortuary ware. 



A vessel of a type entirely 

 new to us was recovered in a some- 

 what fragmentary condition. The 

 form calls to mind certain tobacco 

 pipes, but in this specimen the 

 perforation is wanting. Two small 

 holes, one on either side of the 

 rim, served for suspension (Plate 

 LXXV, Fig. 1). Length of base, 

 5.3 inches ; width of base, 2.2 

 inches; full height, 3.1 inches; 

 maximum diameter of bowl, 2.7 

 inches ; diameter of orifice, 1.7 

 inches. 



Plate LXXV, Figs. 2 and 3, 

 larger has a perforation at base 



ig. 29. — Bead or pendant of, earthenware. Grant 

 mound. (Full size.) 



