The antiquities of Wisconsin : as surveyed and described . y painted in brilliant and durable colors. The forms are generally veryregular, but there is no evidence of the use of the potters wheel; on the contrary, there is reason tobelieve that the ancient processes have undergone little or no modification since the Conquest. Thepottery now generally in use among all classes in Central America, is of the Indian manufacture, andis fashioned entirely by hand.—Squiers Nicaragua, 1852, II, 337-8. REMAINS OP ANCIENT WORKMANSHIP. ST Such images were formerly common with the Indians, and are still to
The antiquities of Wisconsin : as surveyed and described . y painted in brilliant and durable colors. The forms are generally veryregular, but there is no evidence of the use of the potters wheel; on the contrary, there is reason tobelieve that the ancient processes have undergone little or no modification since the Conquest. Thepottery now generally in use among all classes in Central America, is of the Indian manufacture, andis fashioned entirely by hand.—Squiers Nicaragua, 1852, II, 337-8. REMAINS OP ANCIENT WORKMANSHIP. ST Such images were formerly common with the Indians, and are still to be foundamong the remote tribes, which retain many of their ancient customs. Most ofthe Crees carry with them one or more small wooden figures rudely carved, someof which they state to be representations of a malicious or at least a capricious beingnamed Kepuchikan (or Gepuchikan), to whom they make offerings. (J. RichardsonsArctic Searching Expedition, 1852, page 268.) Fig. 58 represents a circular stone composed of variegated quartz, of a light gray.
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