98 ON THE POTTERY OF THE MOUND-BUILDERS. 
It is difficult in this figure to determine precisely what the artist 
designed to represent, but the nearest approach among the feath- 
ered tribe would be the horned owl. The“eyes are large and 
Fig. 14. circular, the beak is 
short and divided, the 
head is crowned by two 
projections which may 
be taken for tufts of 
feathers, and yet to the 
cheeks are attached the 
‘appendages of human 
ears, which are pierced 
for the reception of or- 
naments. 
It is not often that we 
meet with vessels sup- 
ported by feet, yet a few 
such instances occur. 
Figure 15 is a represen- 
tation of one belonging 
to this class, which was 
Water-jug found near the mouth of the Wabash Pin 
by David Septer, and presented to Prof. Cox of found in.a ploughed field, 
Indianapolis, b; x : 
sae near Belmont, Missouri, 
by William J. Hough, of Paducah, Kentucky, and kindly loaned 
by the present owner, Daniel Hough, of 
Indianapolis, for this illustration. This 
attachment is common in the ancient pot- 
tery of Mexico and Central America. 
For the purposes of comparison, I intro- 
duce the figure of a vessel from San José, 
near Mexico (Figure 16), one of a series 
forming the Scammon Collection of An- 
cient Pottery, belonging to the Chicago 
Academy of Sciences. It is symmetri- 
Fig. 15. 
burned in an oven, rather than in the as Water- pite near Bel- 
air. What is particularly noticeable, i eu ag 
view of what I shall state hereafter, is ie series of chevrons, or 
small besa Eee with which the rim is decorated. This c 
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