The object 498 mm. long shown in Fig. 35 is made of steatite, material seemingly unsuited by its softness for a pestle, and may possibly be a war club. Mr. McCandless, in whose collection it is, calls the material a soft sandstone which he says is found at the head of the Wenatchie River. He says the specimen is from Lake Chelan and that he obtained it from a man above Wenatchie on the Columbia River. This man told him that he secured it from Chief Moses' tribe on Lake Chelan, and that the Indians there call it a war club and a family heirloom. The upper end is of the form of a truncated pyramid with two flat sides, two bulging edge's and rounded corners. It shows peck marks and is engraved as described under art, on p. 124, and is said by the Indians to represent the head of a snake. The shaft is circular in cross section and gradually enlarges towards the base where it suddenly constricts. The specimen has been polished by the natural sand blast.[109] [109] Museum negative no. 44507, 6-8. The noise of the women at one of the Nez Perce villages, pounding roots, reminded Lewis of a nail factory.[110] Beyond the Nez Perce country which bounds this area on the east, according to Spinden,[111] the use of stone pestles disappears until the region of the Great Lakes is reached, but I have seen pestles in collections in Wyoming which are said to have been found in that state. [110] Lewis and Clark, V, p. 16. [111] Spinden, p. 187. _Rollers._ Another class of specimens considered as pestles or rollers is shown in Figs. 36 and 37. These do not seem to have been used as pestles. [Illustration: Fig. 32. Pestle made of Stone. From Priest Rapids. 1/4 nat. size. (Drawn from photograph 44534, 8-12. Original in the collection of Mr. Mires.)] [Illustration: Fig. 33. Pestle made of Stone. From the Yakima Valley. 1/4 nat. size. (Drawn from photograph 41502, 6-3. Original in the collection of Mr. Janeck.)] [Illustration: Fig. 34. Pestle made of Stone. From the Yakima Valley. 1/4 nat. size. (Drawn from photograph 44502, 6-3. Original in the collection of Mr. Janeck.)] [Illustration: Fig. 35. Pestle made of Steatite. From Lake Chelan. 1/4 nat. size. (Drawn from photograph 44507, 6-8. Original in the collection of Mr. McCandless.)] [Illustration: Fig. 36. Pestle or Roller made of Stone. From Priest Rapids. 1/4 nat. size. (Drawn from photograph 44537, 9-3. Original in the collection of Mrs. Hinman.)] [Illustration: Fig. 37 (202-8197). Pestle or Roller made of Stone. From the surface, about one mile east of Fort Simcoe. 1/4 nat. size.]