302 
in the children or in the house in which he lives. They all belong 
to his wife; there’s no mistake about it! The Pueblo women 
had their “ rights ” long before civilization knew of a New World. 
This being the case, it may reasonably be assumed that the 
woman prepares the food. She does. A Pueblo man would not 
think of having anything to do with the preparation, nor with 
anything pertaining to it. It is strictly women’s work. The 
woman grinds the corn and cooks it in a score of different wavs; 
she fashions and fires the pottery vessels in which it is cooked, 
and she builds the oven in which it may be baked (Figs. 9-13). 
The Metate 
“But surely the man makes the heavy metate from a large 
boulder, and the hand-stone or mano with which the grinding is 
done? ”’ you ask. 
Not by any means. That is a part of women’s work as well, 
for is it not concerned directly with the preparation of food? For 
the purpose her husband may bring from the hills a stone or 
Fic. 12. Zufi women grinding corn. (Cf. Fig. 11.) Photo by Donald A. 
Cadzow. 
