Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Indians of New Mexico And Arizona in 1879: Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 307-428Stevenson, James
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Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Indians of New Mexico And Arizona in 1879: Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 307-428
Stevenson, James
Indian pottery -- North America; Indians of North America -- Arizona; Indians of North America -- Industries; Indians of North America -- New Mexico
36. (40584). Fig. 349. Axe with a broad, shallow groove near the upper
end, which is much narrower and smaller than the lower; of mottled
volcanic rock, white, green, and black.
37. (40585). Axe grooved in the middle, irregular in shape, and much
chipped off at the lower edge and rounded off at the top.
38. (40806). Made from a very fine, hard metamorphic rock, small enough
to be classed as a hatchet; crescent-shaped at the top.
39. (40703). Fig. 348. A very dark brown axe, speckled with reddish
spots. This axe bears a much finer polish than most of those in the
collection.
40. (40704). Axe, grooved near the upper end, which is cone-shaped.
41. (40705). An almost square axe of basaltic rock, grooved on the
sides, flat on top.
42. (40706). Axe of quartzitic rock, flat and thin; grooved.
43. (40900). Long, narrow axe, grooved near the upper end.
44. (40901). Axe, made from a water-worn boulder, almost to its present
shape.
45. (40902). Small, round axe of basalt, having a shallow groove near
the larger end.
46. (40903). Grooved basaltic axe.
47. (40904). Maul, with rough surface, one side flat, the other convex,
with a groove.
[Illustration:
Fig. 347 (42229) (⅓)
Fig. 348 (40703) (⅓)
Fig. 349 (40584) (⅓)
Fig. 350 (39903) (⅓)
Fig. 351 (42205) (⅓)
Fig. 352 (40560) (⅓)
Figs. 347-352.--Zuñi Grooved Axes.]
48. (40258). Double-grooved axe of porphyry, well polished and quite
perfect.
49. (41260). Grooved axe of compact sandstone; wedge-shaped.
50. (42204). Stone maul of basalt, with groove; very rough.
51. (42205). Grooved axe of basalt. Fig. 351. This specimen was obtained
at Fort Wingate, in New Mexico, but was probably found in or around
some of the ruins.
52. (42229). This is one of the finest specimens in the collection, and,
as shown by the cut, Fig. 347, has the handle attached, ready for use.
This is formed of a willow withe bent round the axe and doubled,
extending out far enough to form a handle and wrapped with a buckskin
string; of compact basalt.
53. (42230). Shallow-grooved axe of basalt.
54. (42231). Axe, with a shallow groove near the larger end.
55. (42232). Axe of basalt, grooved on the sides.
56. (42233). Grooved axe, in size and shape the same as (42226).
57. (42234). Grooved axe of a peculiar black mottled rock, with white,
marble-like streaks through it; groove surrounding it in the center.
58. (42235). Irregularly-shaped axe with a wide and deep groove
surrounding it, curiously mottled with reddish and green streaks.
Specimens of this kind are quite rare.
59. (42236). Grooved axe; sides well polished and exhibiting peculiar
reddish spots.
60. (42237). Small grooved axe of metamorphic rock.
61. (42238). Grooved axe.
62. (42239). Small grooved axe of schistose rock, much flaked off at
each end.
63. (42240). Axe, grooved on three sides; similar in size and shape to
(42223).
64. (42241). Grooved axe with flattened top.
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