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used in connection with them measure more than four feet in length. 20 A 

 wooden Mohavc mortar of the collection is not quite so large, and not cylin 

 drical, but somewhat tapering toward the bottom. In this specimen the hol 

 lowing by fire is distinctly perceivable. 



153 



155 



ise 



158 



MORTARS AND KINDRED UTENSILS 



By far the best stone mortars in the Museum have been obtained from the Cal- 

 ifornian islands and the neighboring coast, more especially from Dos Pueblos. 

 They are made of a compact sandstone which, though of sufficient hardness 

 could be worked with tolerable ease. Some of these mortars are mere boulders 

 hollowed to the proper depth (Fig. 153, San Nicolas Island; Fig. 154, same 

 locality) ; others have been modified to a certain extent (Fig. 155, same 



&quot;A drawing of an Iroquois mortar with pestle is given in Morgan s &quot;League of the Iroquois,&quot; Koehcster, 

 1851, p. 371. 



