File:History of Inventions USNM 46 Vase 01.jpg
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English: No. 1. Cup from a grave iu Arkansas. Simplest form of vessel ; hand shaped ;
hand finished ; Middle Stone Age 91,040 No. 2, Bowl of the Andaman Islanders, one of the most primitive pottery- making peoples known. Hand made; hand finished; Middle Stone Age 164,750 No. 3. Rude hand-made cup ; simple incised decoration ; Eskimos, Alaska ; Mid- dle Stone Age 33,07S No. 4. Incised cup of archaic character from a grave in Arkansas. Hand made; stone smoothed; incised decoration 71,465 No. 5. Vase of simple type. Stone polished ; incised decoration ; Bronze Age ; Switzerland. Culture of people, all phases considered, inferior to that of mound builders of Mississippi Valley 100,820 No. 6. Coil-built vessel ; ancient Pueblo, Arizona ; Middle Stone Age 155,241 No. 7. Mound builder's bottle. Polished ; decorated with incised lines in highly developed combinations; Advanced Stone Age — Copper Age(?)_ 87,710 No. 8. Mound-builders's jar. Beginning of color decoration. Polished with stone implement ; painted with brush ; Advanced Stone Age — Cop- per Age (?) 90,958 No. 9. Ancient Pueblo vase, Arizona. Stone polished ; geometric painted de- signs; Advanced Stone Age . 114,866 No. 10. Vase from grave in Chiriqui, Panama. Hand built ; stone polished ; brush decoration; Late Stone Age — Copper Age (?) 132,974 No. 11. Vase from grave in Chiriqui, Panama. Refined shape suggesting Greek outlines; hand made; plain finish; Advanced Stone Age — Copper Age ( ?) 108,475 No. 12. Ancient Mexican vase. Hand made ; stone polished ; polychrome decoration ; Late Stone Age— Copper Age (?) 132,974 No. 13. Ancient Peruvian bottle. Pressed in shell mold ; hand finished ; stone polished; Advanced Stone Age — Copper Age (?) 1,397 No. 14. Ancient Peruvian whistling bottle. Pressed in figured molds in parts and joined ; stone polished ; Advanced Stone Age — Copper Age ( ?), 107,552 |
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| Source | Walter Hough (1922). Synoptic series of objects in the United States National Museum illustrating the history of inventions. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 60 (2404). 1-47, 56 pl. |
| Author | United States National Museum (Smithsonian Institution), Washington D.C. |
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