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COOKING POTS AND FOOD VESSELS. 



extending at rig-ht angles to the rim line. Much of the edge of the cup 

 is fractured, but enough remains to indicate that when new it had consid- 

 erable decoration, consisting- wholly of delicate lines or scratches. Their 

 regularity and uniform width and depth distinguish them from the ordi- 

 nary tool-marks, which are still discernible over the whole exterior surface. 

 The measurements of this specimen are: Greatest diameter, or that near the 

 base, 2.2 inches ; diameter of the mouth, 1.85 inches ; height, exteriorly, 

 1.4 inches. This specimen, like Fig. 10 of same plate, contains a mass of 

 red paint, and has doubtlessly been used as a toilet-cup exclusively. Stone 

 cups of even less capacity have been found in Indian graves along the 

 Atlantic coast, with similar masses of pigment in them. 



In connection with the large series of stone vessels of various patterns, 

 and doubtless for many and varied uses, it is desirable to call attention to a 

 very interesting wooden vessel, which, while somewhat similar to certain of 

 those of stone that have been described, still varies materially in its general 

 character, although it was probably put to much the same use as many of 



the former. 



Fig. 36. 



Wooden vessel, i. 



Fig. 36 represents the wooden vessel to which we have just referred. 

 It is irregularly quadrangular in shape, the sides being quite straight and 

 parallel, but the ends are unequally curved outward. The sides are quite 

 thin and of uniform width. The bottom, while flat upon the outside, is 

 curved interiorly. At one end, and much nearer one side than the other, is 

 a narrow handle projecting from the vessel about 2.5 inches. This wooden 



