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mented with geometrical or animal desijjns. They are generally of 

 about seven or eight gallons capacitw 



A second vessel {fjasqaz in Tsi[Koh'tin) much smaller and pan-shaped, 

 does duty as a washing dish and receptacle for cooked food principally 

 the starchy bulbs sitnti and dsronli. 



A third is elliptical and of about the same diameter across its breadth. 



It is used as a washing-tub wherein the babies are made to stand 

 naked to be washed every evening by their mothers. 



Before we close this chapter, we should not forget to mention the 

 birch bark tsa-yu-thej ox castoreum bottle (fig. 123) such as it is used 

 among the Carriers. The object of that implement has already been 

 explained.;!: 



X In the chapter on Bone Implements. 



