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limited to a few individuals as among the Hopi. Many Mimbres 

 women were potters and there was more individuality in the designs 

 they used. Among the ancient Hopi (Sikyatki) pottery designs show 

 a more crystallized conventional art. 



It is not possible in the present state of our knowledge to deter- 

 mine the date when the prehistoric Mimbreiios disappeared or possi- 

 bly were merged into the Apache of the same tin^e, but it appears that 

 they were contemporaneous with the prehistoric population of the 

 Gila and the Casas Grandes. 



