[206] Spinden, p. 189, Plate VII, Figs. 27 and 28. _Needles._ Only one object which may be considered as a needle was seen by us in the Yakima region, and it will be remembered that they are rare on the coast of British Columbia and Washington, except in the Lower Fraser[207] country, although they were common in the Thompson River region.[208] This specimen shown in Fig. 58 is a long needle-like object, No. 13, in the collection of Mr. Janeck. The object is warped or bent like the needles used in the Puget Sound country to string cat-tail stalks together in order to make mats. This specimen is 291 mm. long. The point is sharpened and although the side edges are flat, it somewhat resembles a paper knife. At a point nearly one third of its length from the base, it is perforated through the middle by gouging from each side. The base is notched, in such a way that the object is bilaterally symmetrical as shown in the illustration. It may possibly but not probably have served as a sap scraper.[209] [207] Smith, (a), Fig. 36. [208] Smith (d), Figs. 76-78; (c), Fig. 358. [209] Museum negative no. 44503 (6-4). [Illustration: Fig. 59 _a_. Object made of Steatite, probably a Mat Presser. From Prosser. 1/2 nat. size. (Drawn from photograph 44504, 6-5. Original in the collection of Mr. Spalding). _b_, Part of Incised Pictograph on Object Shown in _a_.] _Mat Pressers._ Mat pressers, or objects that are considered to be such, made of stone are commonly found in the area immediately to the south. No objects recognized as such were found by us in the Thompson River region, and from the coast of British Columbia and Washington there is only one. It is made of stone[210] and was found at Cadboro Bay near Victoria. Specimens made of wood are very common among the present natives of the same coast. A ground soapstone object from the Nez Perce region is considered by Spinden an arrow-shaft polisher,[211] but seems to me more likely to be a mat presser of the type found in the region immediately south of the Yakima area. [210] Smith (b), Fig. 146. [211] Spinden, Plate VII, Fig. 34. The object shown in Fig. 59 which may be an unfinished pipe, is of the form of a flattened cylinder, made of steatite and was found at Prosser in the southern part of the area here considered. The surface is marked with incised figures, part of which are illustrated in Fig. 59b and described on p. 124. The groove on one side suggests that it may have been used as a mat presser such as are used to string cat-tails and tule stalks. The cylindrical bore in the top is 25 mm. deep by 10 mm. in diameter and its top is funnel-shaped. The original is in the collection of Mr. Spalding.[212] [212] Museum negative no. 44504, 6-5. PROCESSES OF MANUFACTURE.