ANCIENT PUEBLOS OF UPPER GILA REGION. 



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shafts of none of them show any particular adaptation to facilitate 



grasping. 



A specimen collected from a cave near Silver City, New Mexico, 



by H. H. Rusby, is shown in fig. 198. It is a smooth rod of wood, 



bent into a crook, and showing the 



nicks made in bringing it to shape. 



Frequently the end of the crook is 



fastened to the stem of the rod, thus 



forming a closed loop. (Plate 19, fig. 9, 



Cat. No. 45616, U.S.N.M. Diameter, 

 3f inches; length, 6 

 inches.) 



Some specimens 

 consist of a rod of 

 wood bent into a 

 crook at one end, and a 

 perforated disk of wood 

 was passed over this rod. 

 (Fig. 199 and pi. 19, fig. 8.) 

 The disk is grooved, and 

 in this groove probablj^ lay 

 a cord, to which was at- 

 tached feathers. (Cat. No. 

 246539, U.S.N.M. Length, 

 9^ inches.) The specimen 



was found as figured in a shrine on the floor of 

 the Bear Creek Cave. 



Plate 19 shows a variety of crooks, principally 

 from Bear Creek Cave. It will be observed that 

 the shafts of most of them are broken. Figure 1 

 is a perfect specimen, measuring 22 inches in 

 length. It is probable, however, that a number 

 of these crooks were longer than this. They are 

 rudely sharpened at the butt in the manner of the 

 pahos, and there is, therefore, reason to believe 

 \p that they may have been stuck up in the ground, 



Fig. 199.— Crook PAHo ^^^^^ ^^^ Soyaluna and Antelope pahos of the Hopi. 

 WITH WOODEN DISK Thc remaining specimens on the plate, Nos. 2 to 7, 



FROM Bear Creek p ,i ji /> • i i .i t 



Cave. ^^^5 some oi them, neatly finished ; others are made 



from crooked branches. The specimen to the right 

 near the bottom of the plate, fig. 9, is from Johnson Cave on Blue 

 Eiver. It is painted red and black. One of the specimens has been 

 blackened with smoke and decorated with zigzag incises cut with a 

 stone chip through the black coating. 



Fig. 198. — Crook paho from 

 Silver City, New Mexico. 



