drawingdetail:

Articles of clay.


From left to right:

Earthen vessel, Tennessee. The handles of the vase are ornamented. The handle has been elaborated into a life form, representing a frog or human figure. The arms are attached to the upper part of the handle and lie extended along the rim. The handle proper represents the body, the breast being protruded. The legs lie flattened out upon the shoulder of the vessel, the feet being bent back beneath the body. Height 3-1/2 inches.

Earthen vessel, Missouri. Bottle-shaped vase. The top is modeled to represent the curved stem and neck of a gourd. Height 7 inches.

Earthen vessel, Arkansas. A fine bottle-shaped vase. The original color the vase was a dull reddish yellow. The neck is red, the body is ornamented with four red and four white figures, which extend from the neck to the base of the vessel. These belts of color are separated by bands of the ground-color of the vessel. Height 12 inches.

Earthen vessel, Missouri. Low, wide-mouthed vase or bowl, modeled about the rim to represent sunfish. Vertical view. 5 inches in length.

Earthen vessel, Arkansas. Two small vessels with globular bodies, which have a curious resemblance to an ordinary teapot. A spout has, in each case, been added to the side of the body.



via Project Gutenberg

Source: William H. Holmes.  Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made During the Field Season of 1881: Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82.
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1884, pages 427-510.