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made with a pointed stick when the clay was soft. Our 

 guide, who was used to lool^ing for buried pottery, noticed 

 the rounded end sticking out of the bank. Of course we have 

 no clue to its age; although the use made of it cannot be 

 certainly stated it is probably a ceremonial rattle. The 

 guide presented it to me and it forms an interesting little 

 souvenir of our volcano trip, as well as an Indian relic of 

 whose genuineness we need have no doubt. 



