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formed. The dimensions of the vase are as follows : total height 

 4-6 inches ; from knee to end of foot 2-5 ; from breasts to point 

 of back 2-5 ; from shoulder to shoulder 2-4 ; diameter of opening 

 in the back of the head from -6 to -7 of an inch. The very great 



resemblance of this figure to a small Mexican idol in the Museum 

 (No. 1469) is very striking. The idol is carved in stone and 

 represents a woman in this same squatting posture with her hands 

 upon her knees. See also the figure of a man in this same posture 

 in Foster's Prehistoric Races of the United States, p. 240. This 

 last represents a water jar of the same general character as 7775 

 and is also from a mound in Missouri. 



No. 7841. A large pipe curved from a hard sandstone and 

 rudely representing a frog or a toad. The design is better seen 

 from a side view than from the front as rep- No mu 



holes are equal in depth, 2 inches. The holes rapidly narrow as 

 they extend inwards, being but -2 of an inch in diameter at their 

 union. The hole for the stem is symmetrical throughout, but 



