Identifier: explorationofmun21heye (find matches)
Title: Exploration of a Munsee cemetery near Montague, New Jersey
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Heye, George G. (George Gustav), 1874-1957 Pepper, George H. (George Hubbard), 1873-1924, joint author
Subjects: Munsee Indians
Publisher: New York, The Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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H EYE-PEP PER—EXPLORATION OF A MUNSEE CEMETERY 63 undecorated cooking vessels (pi. xx, a). The body is covered withtextile or cord-wrapped paddle-marks, the neck has a series ofwheel-marks applied horizontally, and the lip is ornamented withan impressed line evidently applied with a similar tool. Height6 in.; diameter a\ in. Another typical jar of Algonquian manufacture is shown inplate xxi. It has tapering sides and is rounded below. A portionof one side and part of the rim are missing. The body surfaceis covered with deeply malleated paddle-marks, which also originallycovered the neck, but the latter area has been smoothed, therebypractically obliterating the ornamentation. The rim is narrow andhas a deeply cut, cross-hatched design evidently made with a sharpscarifying tool. The lip of the jar is plain. Height 8J in.; diam-eter 7J in. A large fragmentary jar, the rim of which is practically com-plete, is shown in plate xx,b. It is of the heavy, thick-walled type,and the body is c

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