ANCIENT PUEBLOS OF UPPER GILA REGION, 



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332. 



333. 



334. 



Figs. 332-334. — Reed dice offerings prom Bear 

 Creek Cave. 



From the Tiilarosa Cave, New Mexico, comes a well-preserved 

 flute made from a joint of reed, the natural septums closing the 

 blowing end, the other end 

 open. (Fig. 328.) It is fur- 

 nished with five finger holes 

 and a mouth hole, pierced 

 through the walls of the 

 reed by burning. The area 

 around the finger holes bears 

 radiating lines skillfully 

 burnt in and a band around 

 the body of the flute is 

 drawn by the same method. 

 The length of the flute is 10 

 inches; the diameter | inch. 

 (Cat. No. 246363, U.S.N.M.) 

 A similar flute was found 

 in the Bear Creek Cave on 

 Blue River, Arizona. These 

 flutes do not appear to be ofi'erings, but objects of customary use. 



GAME PAHOS. 



Games associated with ceremonies are sometimes found among the 

 offerings. Of these the reed dice are most frequent and are interest- 

 ing illustrations of dec- 

 oration by methods of 

 engraving, painting, 

 and burning. Figure 



332 has the reverse 

 painted black, the ob- 

 verse engraved; figure 



333 «, h shows the front 

 and back of a die dec- 

 orated with good de- 

 sign; figure 334 a, h 

 shows an engraved and 

 painted band on the 

 front and back, re- 

 spectively. (Cat. No. 

 246579, U.S.N.M., Bear 

 Creek Cave; length, 3 

 inches.) An original 



Fig. 335. — Reed dice offerings from Tularosa Cave. 



bundle of cane dice tied with a yucca cord is shown in figure 335 a and 

 the obverse and reverse markings produced by burning in the du- 

 plicate drawings hh, cc^ and dd. The fourth die, e, is pkjn, (Cat. 



