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less bulging or spherical, and that in consequence, if formed in a 
mould, this must either be made in sections ¢ apable of being sepa- 
rated, or else it must be destroyed either by cutting or, as is more 
commonly supposed, by pgs ind before the copy could be removed. 
There appear to be no of sections, and the katsoin 
show no signs of a ati: digt to removal. Possibly the ves- 
sels thus ornamented were intended only as napy Sa pie as 
for religious ceremonies or the use of chie made i 
very large numbers, and so an unusual Baat of eee might 
be accounted for. The second form of cord marked Uae Sos is 
more common, and is very easily understood. The cord 
arranged for the most part parallel to each other, sts nein con- 
nected either by weaving or knotting. We have reproduced such 
against the surface of the clay, stamping only a limited surface at 
„one time. In order to cover the whole surface in this way it would 
be a matter of necessity that adjoining impressions would interfere 
with each other more or less, which they actually do on the surface 
of the vessel, one set eee a another. Such impres- 
sions must therefore be regarded as finishing touches after the 
vessel was formed rather task as desi “of a mould in which the 
were supposed to be made. This view is sustained by the fact that 
they often extend on to the handles, which are never added until 
the body of the vase is completed, and also by the fact that some 
of the impressions are but faintly made, as if the clay had already 
become somew gae hardened before the cords were applied. In one 
case the impressions were such as would be made by a ball of 
loosely wound pata rolled over the surface. We are unable to 
say whether such markings had more than an ornamental signifi- 
cation, but it is worthy of notice that = were so largely used in 
widely different parts of the country. We similar markings on 
a vase in the Museum at Berlin, marked as ey its origin unbekannt, 
unknown, in which the cord marks were arranged in a few hori- 
zontal circles and vertical lines, obviously taking the place of the 
ornamental lines usually traced with a pointed instrument. Sir 
John Lubbock mentions the existence of vases from ancient mounds 
in Scotland, ornamented with impressions from twisted thongs, and 
further states that in the stone age ‘the most elegant ornaments 
of their vases are impressions of ey finger nail, or of a cord wound 
round the soft clay.’ Smith. Rep., 1862 ae 320. In view of these 
facts the question arises whether the impressions of the finer woven 
fabrics may not have been also merely ornamental markings added 
after the vase was completed, and not impressions of a mould in 
which they were formed.” 
In recording the collection made by Nr Dunning from the 
burial caves in Tennessee, first noticed by Dr. Jones in the Natu- 
ralist, Prof. Wyman says : 
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