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Title: Antiquities of the southern Indians, particularly of the Georgia tribes
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Jones, Charles C. (Charles Colcock), 1831-1893
Subjects: Indians of North America Indians of North America
Publisher: New York : D. Appleton and Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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namentation was compassed in one or the otherof the following ways: I. By modelling the vessel inside of a net-work,rush-basket, or frame made of twigs or split cane, orwithin a gourd, or over blocks of wood or forms ofdried clay. It seems, moreover, from the delicacy ofsome of the impressions, that a sort of cloth must havebeen first spread against the sides of the enclosing-basket or framework before the clay was put in andpressed against it. Perhaps in some instances the in-terior walls of the gourd may have been carved soas to leave raised figures and lines upon the vesselmoulded within it. II. By shaping the kneacled clay into the desiredform, with the hand, leaving the outer surface smooth;and, when the pot was dry, with a sharp flint-flake orbone carving straight, curved, and zigzag lines withgreater or less uniformity according to the care, pa-tience, and skill of the artificer. III. The circular and semicircular depressions—with or without elevated centres—could have been
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AM PHOTO-UTHOGRAPHtCCO N. Y.i OSBORNES PROC£SS. VAEI0U3 METHODS OF OEXAMENTATION. 459 made by means of a hollow reed cut off at or near ajoint, as might best indicate the artists present fancy.It is not improbable that some of the indentationsformed while the clay was still in a plastic state, weredone with the finger-nail, which the Indians, in somecases and for certain purposes, permitted to grow verylong.1 Lines were impressed with the aid of a thong,while the more complicated figures may have beenperpetuated with the assistance of a wooden or soap-stone die in which the desired pattern was cut. Re-peated applications of the same die to all the exteriorportions of the vessel gave a uniform ornamentation.The use of several dies of different designs materiallyenhanced the variety. IV. Frequently raised mouldings near the rims, andelevated ornaments were added while the vessel wasstill soft, and when the adhesion of these new partscould be readily compassed. V. The sides of the vesse

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