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Fig. 130. At the risk of missing, a guess may be ventured that this 

 specimen of dark brown stone is a hammer for wooden wedges. A 

 great variety of wedge hammers of stone for splitting logs is used by 

 the American Northwest Coast Indians. The finger pits on the faces 

 should be noticed. 



Height, 4:-^ inches. 





Fig. 131. A slightly modified water- worn pebble of dark brown color, 

 just as likely as anything else to have been used in rubbing down pot- 

 tery. 



Length, 3J inches. 



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Fig. 132. 



Fig. 133. 



Fig. 134. 



Fig. 132. An ellipsoidal form of blackish color. The noticeable fea- 

 tures are the flat faces and beveled contour. In the Pueblo country 

 such pebbles are used to rub down the pots before baking. From 

 Gosier. 



Length, 2fo inches. 



Fig. 133. A grinding stone of deep brown color, formed in the shape 

 of a double conoid. The form is rare in the Antilles. 



Height, 3-^ff inches. 



Fig. 134. A blackish stone, elliptical in outline and lenticular in sec- 

 tion; highly polished. 



Diameter, 4^o- inches. 



