. Guide leaflet. of very largecapacity. In general they appear to have been made by the coil process,and arc tempered with pounded stone or fine gravel, mica or burned orpounded shell. Sherds showing tempering by fibre or some other substancethat disappeared in firing are rarely found. When vessels were cracked orbroken, a series of holes was bored opposite each other on either side of thebreak and the parts laced together, rendering the vessel capable of storingdry objects, at least. SKINNER, INDIANS OF MANHATTAN ISLAND 29 Life forms are exceedingly rare in local ceramic art. From Manhattanbl
. Guide leaflet. of very largecapacity. In general they appear to have been made by the coil process,and arc tempered with pounded stone or fine gravel, mica or burned orpounded shell. Sherds showing tempering by fibre or some other substancethat disappeared in firing are rarely found. When vessels were cracked orbroken, a series of holes was bored opposite each other on either side of thebreak and the parts laced together, rendering the vessel capable of storingdry objects, at least. SKINNER, INDIANS OF MANHATTAN ISLAND 29 Life forms are exceedingly rare in local ceramic art. From Manhattanbland and Van Cortlandt Park, there come a number of specimens show-ing incised human (?) faces. This is not an uncommon form on Iroquoiansites in central and western New York. On the Bowmans Brook site atMariners Harbor, Staten Island fragments of a typically Algonkian potwere obtained which bore at intervals, rude raised faces. With the soleexception of a rather well-modeled clay face, apparently broken from the. FIG. 14. POTTERY FORMS OF THE COASTAL ALGONKIN. bowl of a pipe (Fig. 15b) found at Port Washington,. Long Island, by U. Harrington, this brief statement concludes the lisl of pottery lifeform- reported from this area, although others may yet be found here,since some interesting objects have been collected in immediately adjacentterritory. The forms of decoration consist of stamping with a stamp, roulette orpaddle, and incision (Figs. Hi and 17.) Occasionally, but very rarely. 30 AMERICAN MUSEUM GUIDE LEAFLETS stucco work occurs. Under stamping we can enumerate the followingprocesses: 1. Impression with the rounded end of a stick (rare). 2. Impression with the end of a quill, or hollow reed, leaving a circulardepression with a tiny lump or nipple (rare) in the center. 3. Impression with a section of a hollow reed, making a stamped circle(rare). 4. Impression with finger nail (doubtful, but perhaps used on somesherds from Manhattan Island). 5. Impression of the edg
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