. Indians of Manhattan Island and vicinity /. vessels are never ornamented on theinterior, nor is stamping so frequently practised on vessels of this intermediate forms, at least the first of the two mentioned, are fre-quently ornamented on the interior of the hp. This internal decorationis much more common in the southern portion of this area than elsewherein the vicinity. INDIANS OF MANHATTAN I SLA A D In design, we must of course give up all thought of t tying t<» obtainsymbolism, if such there were, for there are do sources now left uponwhich to base our assumptions. Certain c
. Indians of Manhattan Island and vicinity /. vessels are never ornamented on theinterior, nor is stamping so frequently practised on vessels of this intermediate forms, at least the first of the two mentioned, are fre-quently ornamented on the interior of the hp. This internal decorationis much more common in the southern portion of this area than elsewherein the vicinity. INDIANS OF MANHATTAN I SLA A D In design, we must of course give up all thought of t tying t<» obtainsymbolism, if such there were, for there are do sources now left uponwhich to base our assumptions. Certain conventional types of decora-tion seem to have been in vogue, usually consisting in rows of stampedor incised parallel lines and much more rarely of dots regularly arrangedin the same manner. Zigzag, chevron, and herring hone patterns arethe most common, but other angular forms occur, and lows of parallellines encircling the vessel are sometimes to be found. Stamping andincising as decorative processes never seem to occur on the same TYPICAL ALGONKIAN POTTERY PIPE AND FRAGMENT OF AN EFFIGY PIPEFROM PORT WASHINGTON, L. I. Curvilinear decoration is exceedingly rare, and not enough material is athand to show that patterns were used; possibly these were scrolls of someform. On account of the lack of material, it cannot be determined, exceptin a very general and unsatisfactory way, whether the designs on theAlgonkian vessels differ from those on the Iroquoian. The angle formed where the heavy rim or collar leaves the con-stricted neck of the Iroquoian vessel is almost invariably notched, andas such collars and angles do not occur on vessels of the t rue Algonkiantype, this feature is necessarily absent from them. It is noticeable1 thatIroquoian vessels are usually decorated with incised designs, rather thanstamped patterns.
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