| 409.—Bottle: Arkansas | [400] |
| 410.—Engraved bottle: Arkansas | [401] |
| 411.—Engraved bottle: Arkansas | [401] |
| 412.—Engraved design | [402] |
| 413.—Teapot-shaped vessel: Arkansas | [403] |
| 414.—Vessel of eccentric form: Arkansas | [403] |
| 415.—Vessel of eccentric form: Arkansas | [404] |
| 416.—Animal-shaped vase: Arkansas | [404] |
| 417.—Sun-fish vase: Arkansas | [405] |
| 418.—Opossum vase: Arkansas | [405] |
| 419.—Animal-shaped vase: Arkansas | [406] |
| 420.—Head-shaped vase: Arkansas | [407] |
| 421.—Engraved figures | [408] |
| 422.—Head covering | [408] |
| 423.—Head-shaped vase: Arkansas | [409] |
| 424.—Head-shaped vase: Arkansas | [410] |
| 425.—Scale of forms | [411] |
| 426.—Tripods | [411] |
| 427.—Stands | [412] |
| 428.—Compound forms of vessels | [412] |
| 429.—Adaptation of the human form | [412] |
| 430.—Bottle: Tennessee | [413] |
| 431.—Gourd-shaped vessel: Tennessee | [413] |
| 432.—Bottle: Arkansas | [414] |
| 433.—Bottle: Arkansas | [414] |
| 434.—Bottle: Arkansas | [415] |
| 435.—Engraved bottle: Arkansas | [416] |
| 436.—Bottle: Arkansas | [417] |
| 437.—Bottle: Arkansas | [417] |
| 438.—Bottle: Arkansas | [418] |
| 439.—Fluted bottle: Arkansas | [419] |
| 440.—Engraved bottle: Arkansas | [419] |
| 441.—Tripod bottle: Arkansas | [420] |
| 442.—Tripod bottle: Arkansas | [421] |
| 443.—Tripod bottle: Arkansas | [421] |
| 444.—Bottle of eccentric form: Arkansas | [422] |
| 445.—Owl-shaped bottle: Arkansas | [422] |
| 446.—Bear-shaped bottle: Tennessee | [423] |
| 447.—Bear-shaped bottle: Arkansas | [423] |
| 448.—Bottle with human head: Arkansas | [424] |
| 449.—Bottle with human head: Arkansas | [424] |
| 450.—Bottle with human head: Arkansas | [424] |
| 451.—Bottle with human head: Arkansas | [424] |
| 452.—Bottle with human head: Arkansas | [425] |
| 453.—Position of feet | [425] |
| 454.—Bottle with human form: Arkansas | [426] |
| 455.—Bottle with human form: Arkansas | [426] |
| 456.—Vase: Iowa | [428] |
| 457.—Vase: Wisconsin | [429] |
| 458.—Vase: Illinois | [430] |
| 459.—Cup: Alabama | [431] |
| 460.—Bowl: Alabama | [432] |
| 461.—Bottle: Mississippi | [432] |
| 462.—Bottle: Alabama | [433] |
| 463.—Painted design | [434] |
ANCIENT POTTERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
By William H. Holmes
.
INTRODUCTORY.
This paper is the third of a series of preliminary studies of aboriginal ceramic art which are intended to be absorbed into a final work of a comprehensive character.