ARTICLES OF CLAY.

63009. A jar-shaped vase, with low neck and much compressed body.

Height, 4 inches; width, 5-1/2 inches; surface, moderately smooth;

color, almost black.

63022. A jar similar to the preceding, but somewhat taller.

63046. A rather unusual form of bottle-shaped vase. The neck is narrow

and tapering. A fillet with finger indentations encircles the lip. The

base of the neck is also ornamented with a collar or fillet. The body

is globular, apparently a little pointed above. Whole height, 10-1/2

inches; width, 8 inches; color, gray.

63029. A small, large-necked vase, with globular body, and lip a little

recurved. The body is ornamented with a number of indentations,

probably made with the finger nail. Color, dark gray.

63008. A large, thick-bodied vase, modeled to represent a hunchbacked

human figure. The head is missing. It is 9 inches in width, and has

been about 12 inches in height. Ware of the ordinary dark variety.

62995. Fragments of steatite vessels which have been from 1 to 2 feet in

diameter. The walls about the rims were quite thin.

62959. A large clay pipe, found in the soil near the banks of the

Mississippi.

Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made During the Field Season of 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 427-510 · 第 47 / 80 题