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III (li'simi, we iiuisl of coiiisc ui\(' up all I lioimlil of t lyiiii; to old.'iiii 

 syniholisin. if such {\\v\v \\r\v, f(H' there nrc no souiccs now left upon 

 whicli to l)as(' ouf assumptions, ('citnin conventional types of decoia- 

 tion seem to have Ixhmi in V()*i;ue. usually- c()nsistin«i in lows of staiiij)e(l 

 or incised parallel linens and nuich more rarel\' of dots re«i;ularly anan^;ed 

 in tlu* same manner. Zi«!;zai2;, chevron, and "herrin«i; hone" i)at terns ar(^ 

 the most common, hut other angular forms occur, and rows of parallel 

 lines encirclini>; the vessel are sometimes to be found. Stamping and 

 incisinjj; as decorative processes ncn'er seem to occur on the same vessel. 



TYPICAL ALGONKIAN POTTERY PIPE AND FRAGMENT OF AN EFFIGY PIPE 

 FROM PORT WASHINGTON, L. I. 



Curvilinear decoration is exceeding!}^ rare, and not enough material is at 

 hand to show that patterns were used; possibly these were scrolls of some 

 form. On account of the lack of material, it cannot be determined, except 

 in a ver}' g;eneral and unsatisfactory way, whether the designs on the 

 Algonkian vessels differ from those on the Iroquoian. ^Cl? 



The angle formed where the heavy^ rim or collar leaves the con- 

 stricted neck of the Iroquoian vessel is almost invariably notched, and 

 as such collars and angles do not occur on vessels of the true Algonkian 

 tj^pe, this feature is necessarily absent from them. It is noticeable that 

 Iroquoian vessels are usually decorated with incised designs, rather than 

 stamped patterns. 



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INCISED DESIGNS FROM ALGONKIAN VESSELS 



