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Fig. 1.
Black, sun-dried specimen; very
neatly finished and well formed. The
mouth of the vessel is in the back
of the head.
Fig. 2. Also a black,
sun-dried specimen, but not so
finely finished, nor so carefully
formed as the preceding.
fig. 3. A very fine,
sun-dried specimen from Perry
County, MO. it has been figured here
for the purpose of comparison. this
specimen is now in the collection of
the Illinois State penitentiary at
Chester, Ills.
Fig. 4. Black, sun-dried
specimen, not so well executed; the
head especially is much more
imperfect than in the other
specimens, the open mouth detracting
from the symmetry of the features.
this figure is hollow, but there is
no opening anywhere, showing that it
was not a vessel.
Fig. 5. Black, sun-dried
specimen. The figure is reproduced
in full, the organs of generation
being especially well executed. (it
has been said, by some authors, that
this is rarely the case in this
class of pottery, but there are at
least five specimens in the
collections here in which they are
well shown).
Fig. 6. This figure
(sun-dried) is also hollow, but has
no opening anywhere.
Fig. 7. This is a very fine
specimen. It is doubtful whether it
was baked or not. It was originally
painted, and white and red patches
of paint can still be seen, though
the decoration itself has
disappeared almost altogether. The
figure represents a woman with a
child on her back, the head of the
child is broken off and not in the
collection. The specimen is hollow,
but had originally no opening
anywhere.
Fig. 8. Black, sun-dried
specimen; in this specimen too the
penis is represented in rather large
proportion. the figure is not well
executed. the mouth of the vessel,
as usual, is in the back of the
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