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PAPERS RELATING TO ANTHROPOLOGY. 



Flc. 165 



From St. Auue. 

 Length, 14 inches. 



Fig. 167. A shallow, irregular mortar, of very dark brown color. 

 Among North American relics this would be called a paint mortar. 

 Fortunately the practices of our Pueblo Indians show us to what an 

 enormous extent paint was used by the American aborigines. In Zuni, 

 for instance, the paint mortar never ceases. They are called into daily 

 use by the potters, the warriors, aud by the whole tribe, in the elaborate 

 preparations for dances and ceremonies. 



Height, 2^ inches ; diameter, 6^^ inches. 



