Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . Fig. 39. Pottery restored from Mound No. 2, after Squier & Davis. Exploration of the Mound City Group 511 broken, readily lent itself to restoration. This pot,shown as Fig. 40, is similar to that of Squier and Davis,from the same mound, except that the bottom isrounded and is supplied with legs for its support. It ismade of a fine grade of clay, tempered with brokenshell, and is well burned. Its general form is square,with rounded corners, the top or rim being much more. Fig. 40. Pottery restored from Mound No. 2. angular than the lower portions of
Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . Fig. 39. Pottery restored from Mound No. 2, after Squier & Davis. Exploration of the Mound City Group 511 broken, readily lent itself to restoration. This pot,shown as Fig. 40, is similar to that of Squier and Davis,from the same mound, except that the bottom isrounded and is supplied with legs for its support. It ismade of a fine grade of clay, tempered with brokenshell, and is well burned. Its general form is square,with rounded corners, the top or rim being much more. Fig. 40. Pottery restored from Mound No. 2. angular than the lower portions of the vessel. The rimis decorated in roulette, while each of the four panel-like faces of the vessel bears a highly conventionalizedbird, presumably the duck. This design, resemblingclosely that of the Squier and Davis vessel, with theexception of the bill, appears, when viewed from a dis-tance, to be in relief. This effect is due to the incisedmarkings on the field of the vessel surrounding the bird. 512 Ohio Arch, and Hist. Society Publications The duck apparently is represented as in flight, or asresting on the water with wings raised. Professor W. H. Holmes, in his Aboriginal Potteryof the Eastern United States, opposite page 192, markedE Ohio1, figures a vessel with similar decoration,locality of origin unknown. It seems very probablethat this specimen is a restoration by Squier and Davisof a vessel from the Mound City group. Another interesting pottery vessel is that shown asFig. 41. This pot was found
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