SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I927 



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Fig. 202. — Pounding acorn kernels for the preparation of the mush whicli 

 was the daily food. 



Fig. 203. — Seeds of Calandriiiia caulesci'iis, var. Aknzic^ii (iray, sprinkled 

 as holy water into the cache at the Alexander ranch and preserved through 

 all the intervening years. Identification by Miss Helen H. Henry, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry, through the kindness of Dr. W. R. Maxon. 



Fig. 204.- 



-Saucer-like bowls of black and 

 ranch. 



[reen steatite, E. W. Alexander 



