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Show POTTERY WORK IS A PUZZLE Immense Bowls Made by Indians of the Amazon Valley Cannot Bo Duplicated. An export has declared thero is no kiln or oven In this country, probably nono in tho world, largo enough to bako tho largest ofitho big pots discovered dis-covered in tho Amazon valley, samples of which aro now on exhibition at the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania. Penn-sylvania. Tho clay used also has aroused much curiosity. Whon a piece of tho edge was clipped from ono of tho big bowls tho material was shown to bo a black, flinty substance. Undeniably it is clay, but ot a kind never seen before by nrcbeologlsts. Potters are astonished nt its remarkable remark-able strength. The largo bowls aro less than half an Inch thick, while Bomo of tho smaller 'onos, a foot or fourteen inches high, are as thin as a sheet of newspaper. An Idea of their strength muy bo gained from tho knowledge that they were transported transport-ed about ten thousand miles before reaching the museum, and only a few of them were broken, though all were packed under difficulties in villages that knew nothing of packing breakables. break-ables. Tho Indians who mado theso wonderful wonder-ful pots aro as mysterious as tholr work. Doctor Farraboo wrote that they were absolutely devoid of any traditions, and had no idea ot where they camo from. It is known, however, that thoy cannot havo been in Peru moro than about fivo hundred years. Tho larger bowls give out a metallic sound when rapped. Ono not seeing tho substanco would say at first they woro mado of painted copper. Each of tho (wo big pots would hold tour or five tons. |