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present in the U. S. National Museum." It was collected at the same 

 time as the netting mentioned in a previous paragraph. Another fine 

 specimen is that figured by Dr. Hough in his Upper Gila paper.' 

 Mr. De Meir of Las Cruces found it at the same time as the sandals 

 already described. Still another example was found in New Mexico, 

 in an old shrine near Laguna pueblo, by Dr. Elsie Clews Parsons.^ 

 It probably was never used at Laguna, but likely was found in some 

 cave and because of the fact that it belonged to the " old " people, 

 was deposited in the war god shrine as an offering of considerable 

 significance. 



The few planting sticks found in the caves are very simple in form. 

 They consist of a long, straight stick of hard wood slightly flattened 

 and pointed at one end. There is nothing unusual in this type of im- 

 plement and its only interest here lies in showing that the people 

 were at least partially agriculturists. 



One of the most attractive specimens in Mr. Stafford's collection ^ 

 is the basketry armlet. The base was made of basketry upon which 

 was placed a rather crude mosaic of turquoise chips (pi. 5, fig. i). 

 Several of the latter had been used as pendants, or at least intended 

 for such a purpose, as they were perforated at one end for suspension. 

 The pieces of turquoise were held in place by a thick layer of pitch, 

 possibly pinon gum. 



The abalone shell pendants and fragments from two combs with 

 shell mosaic ornamentation are illustrated in plate 5, figure 2. The 

 combs were made from wood, and as in the case of the armlet, the 

 mosaic pieces were held in position by some pitchy substance. 



Beads from the locality are of several kinds. Some were made 

 from turquoise, a few from bone, others from shell, olivella, abalone 

 and clam ; a few were made from seeds, and quite a number from a 

 fairly hard, fine-grained white stone suggestive of the southwestern 

 form of alabaster. Most of the beads, excepting of course the olivella 

 shells, are of the flat cylindrical shape but an occasional one is found 

 which has an elongated oval form with the perforation at one end. 

 The latter might even be classed as small pendants. 



' U. S. Nat. Mus. Cat. No. 330644. 



' Hough, W., Culture of the Ancient Pueblos of the upper Gila River Region, 

 New Mexico and Arizona. Bull. 87, U. S. Nat. Mus., Washington, 1914, p. 19, 

 %. 21. 



U. S. Nat. AIus. Cat. No. 215429. 



' Parsons, E. C, War God Shrines of Laguna and Zuni. Amer. Anthrop., 

 N. S., Vol. 20, No. 4, Lancaster, 1918, p. 385, fig. 39. 



■"The collection has since been sold to Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Alves, EI Paso, 

 Texas. 



