. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . best be relied on to distinguish them from all other like wares,is the pronounced projecting or overhanging collar—a frieze-likedevelopment of the rim—the outer surface of which was almost alwaysornamented with incised patterns. A squarish mouth, with elevated n Chicago, 1894, p. HOLMES] MANUFACTURE OF IROQUOIAN POTTERY 161 points at the coiiiens iiiul sagging margins between, is also a marlvedfeatui-o, and the sliarp constriction about tli(? neclc and the gracefullyswelling body, conic
. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . best be relied on to distinguish them from all other like wares,is the pronounced projecting or overhanging collar—a frieze-likedevelopment of the rim—the outer surface of which was almost alwaysornamented with incised patterns. A squarish mouth, with elevated n Chicago, 1894, p. HOLMES] MANUFACTURE OF IROQUOIAN POTTERY 161 points at the coiiiens iiiul sagging margins between, is also a marlvedfeatui-o, and the sliarp constriction about tli(? neclc and the gracefullyswelling body, conic below, are hardly less pronounced and valuablegroup characters. It is possible that some of these features owe theirorigin to the bark vessels of the same region. This idea is presentedb^ Cushing ill the Fouith Aniuial Report of the Bureau of Ethnologj,from which figure 62 is reproduced. In the application of the humanface or form in relief, we have another group index of the highestvalue. The angles of the frieze are very often emphasized by enlarg-ments, projecting ridges, and raised points, and to these the plasticlife features, mostly human, are added. Besides the large percentage of ^-ases presenting these character-istics, there are many of rather plain appearance that might not, ifplaced with vessels of Algonquian type, be easily distinguished saveby the expert. Many are
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