. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . d, (ARKANSAS, HEIGHT 7 INCHES) e lARKANSAS, DAVENPORT ACADEMY COLLECTION,ONE-THIRD) f (ARKANSAS, DIAMETER 9 INCHES) BOTTLESMIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY GROUP BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT PL. XIV. d (.ARKANSAS, DAVENPORT ACADEMYCOLLECTION, ONE-THIRD) (ARKANSAS, HEIGHT lOi INCHES) BOTTLES MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY GROUP holmes] VASE WITH SYMBOLIC DECORATION 91 small vase, figure 49, is one of the most remarkable ever obtainedfrom the mounds. It consists of two winged and cre
. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . d, (ARKANSAS, HEIGHT 7 INCHES) e lARKANSAS, DAVENPORT ACADEMY COLLECTION,ONE-THIRD) f (ARKANSAS, DIAMETER 9 INCHES) BOTTLESMIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY GROUP BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT PL. XIV. d (.ARKANSAS, DAVENPORT ACADEMYCOLLECTION, ONE-THIRD) (ARKANSAS, HEIGHT lOi INCHES) BOTTLES MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY GROUP holmes] VASE WITH SYMBOLIC DECORATION 91 small vase, figure 49, is one of the most remarkable ever obtainedfrom the mounds. It consists of two winged and crested rattlesnakeswhich encircle the expanded part of the vessel, and of two sunflower-like fio-ures alternating with them. These designs are carefullyengraved with a needle-like point and are adjusted to the form ofthe \ase in a waj^ that suggests forethought and experience and an
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