. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . ition is the preservation of their ancient modes of makingpottery. It will be news to some that the shells are calcined beforemixing with the clay, and that at least one-third of the compound istriturated .shell. The modeling of tlicse vessels is rude, though the surfaces are neatlypolished. They are very slightly baked, and the liglit-gray surface ismottled with clouds of lilack. The paste lacks coherency, and severalof the specimens have crumbled and fallen to pieces on the shelves,probably
. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . ition is the preservation of their ancient modes of makingpottery. It will be news to some that the shells are calcined beforemixing with the clay, and that at least one-third of the compound istriturated .shell. The modeling of tlicse vessels is rude, though the surfaces are neatlypolished. They are very slightly baked, and the liglit-gray surface ismottled with clouds of lilack. The paste lacks coherency, and severalof the specimens have crumbled and fallen to pieces on the shelves,probably as a result of the slaking of the shell particles. Ornamentis confined to slight crimping and notching of the rim margins. Noneof the jiieces bear evidence of use, and it seems probable that in recentyears the art has been practiced solely or largely to supply the demandsof curiosity himters. The very marked defects of luanufacture andth(^ crudeness of shape suggest the idea that possibly the potters were Mason, Otis T., Anthropological news, in American Naturalist, Boston, 1877, vol. .xi, ^ z CD (T > CO z Q. o< LLj 2 i<: o z 1- 3s o Q. < LU Q- eneral appearancewith that of the Cherokces and Catawbas. In lSi»l th(\se Indians were visited hy Mr .lohn (t. Pollanl, fioniwhom the followino- paragraphs are quoted: Mr Terrill Bradby, one of the best informed members of tlie tribe, furnished, insubstance, the following account of the processes followeil and the materials used inthe manufacture of this pottery: In former times, the opening of a clay mine was a great feast day with thePamunkey. The whole tribe, men, women, and children, were present, and eachfamily took liome a share of the clay. The tirst steps in jireparing the clay are todry it, beat it up, pass it through a sieve, and pound it
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