Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Indians of New Mexico in 1880: Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 429-466Stevenson, James
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Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Indians of New Mexico in 1880: Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 429-466
Stevenson, James
Indian pottery -- North America; Indians of North America -- Arizona; Indians of North America -- Industries; Indians of North America -- New Mexico
339, (46703). A sharpening stone. Slate.
340, (46708). Grooved stones for polishing arrow-shafts.
ARTICLES OF CLAY.
These consist of only a few fragments of ancient ornamented pottery.
341-342. 341, (46716); 342, (46717). Fragments of pottery from the ruins
of the old pueblo.
COLLECTIONS FROM SANTA CLARA.
ARTICLES OF STONE.
343-349. 343, (46762); 344, (46763); 345, (46764); 346, (47535); 347,
(47552); 348, (47563); 349, (47564). Metates or grinding stones.
350, (46765). Blocks of stone from the walls of a ruined pueblo,
(Liparito or Mesa.)
351-352. 351, (46767); 352, (46780). Rude hatchets or digging stones,
notched at the sides and one end, more or less chipped.
353, (46781). Stone hammer, regular in form, grooved, and more than
usually slender and pointed.
354-355. 354, (46782); 355, (46787). Pounding stones, chipped and
notched at the sides.
356-357. 356, (46792); 357, (46793). Rounded pounding stones with finger
pits.
358-359. 358, (46794); 359, (46799). Spherical stones used for
casse-tetes, or in common parlance, slung-shot.
300-378. 360, (46800); 361, (46801); 362, (46802); 363, (46815); 364,
(46828); 365, (46830); 366, (46832); 367, (46834); 368, (46841); 369,
(46873); 370, (46881); 371, (46896); 372, (46965); 373, (47565); 374,
(47679); 375, (47689); 376, (47693); 377, (47701); 378, (47707). Rude
hammer-stones, some with notches at the sides, others without; none
grooved.
379-381. 379, (46803); 380, (46812); 381, (46814). Rubbing stones for
metate; mostly broken.
382, (46813). A rude, broken axe.
383-384. 383, (46824); 384, (46825). Smoothing stones used in making and
polishing pottery.
385, (46826). Grooved stone for polishing arrow-shafts.
386, (46827). Fragments of pestles.
387-392. 387, (46831); 388, (46833); 389, (46842); 390, (46843); 391,
(46963); 392, (46982). Smoothing stones.
393-396. 393, (46844); 394, (46864); 395, (47694); 396, (47700). Rubbing
or smoothing stones.
397-398. 397, (46865); 398, (46868). Stone balls used as slung-shot.
399-400. 399, (46869); 400, (46871). Small, round hammer stones.
401, (47714). A rudely carved stone, probably intended to represent some
animal.
402-404. 402, (46872); 403, (46882); 404, (46895). Grooved hammers.
405, (46983). Large pounding stone.
406-407. 406, (46985); 407, (46986). Bottles containing chips and flakes
of obsidian and agate, from ancient pueblo on mesa.
408, (47987). Collection of 10 stones used in smoothing pottery.
409, (47536). Collection of 67 stones used in smoothing pottery.
410, (47537). Twenty-one stone chips and flakes.
411, (47538). Eight hammer stones and chips.
412-413. 412, (47539); 413, (47549). Grinding or rubbing stones for
metate.
414, (47551). Stone mortar.
415-416. 415, (47553); 416, (47559). Rubbing stones for metate.
417-418. 417, (47560); 418, (47562). Pounding stones.
419, (47680). Large metate.
420-421. 420, (47681); 421, (47688). Rubbing stones for metate.
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