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lion of the dead, situated at the northern end of the large refuse 

 heap. These, like the bowls with which they were associated, were 

 coated with a white salt-like deposit. None of the many wooden 

 objects figured by Nordenskiold are exactly the same as those above 

 mentioned, although the one shown in his plate xliii, figure 17, 

 is very close in form and size. 



Several bent twigs or loops of flexible wood from the refuse heaps 

 were found; these are supposed to have been inserted in the masonry, 

 one on each side of door and window openings, to hold in place the 

 stick which served as a bolt for fastening the door or window 

 stone in position. 



Bent sticks, of dumb-bell shape, having a knob at each end (pi. 

 o3, 6) , are believed to have been used in games. A similar object from 

 the Mancos region is figured by Mr. Stewart Cidin in his account of 

 the games of the cliff-dwellers." The ancient people of the semi- 

 deserts of Atacama, in South America, employed a similar but larger 



Fig. 3. — Planting sticks. 



stick, to which cords were attached for strapping bundles on their 

 beasts of l)urden. 



Drills 



A small pointed stone attached with fiber to the end of a stick, 

 similar to those found by Nordenski()ld in ruin 1) and at Long House, 

 was found. 



The Clifi' Palace people kindled fire by means of the fire-drill and 

 fire-stick (hearth), a specimen of which, similar to one collected at 

 Spruce-tree House, is contained in the collection. Both of these 

 fire-making implements were broken when found, apparenth^ thrown 

 away on that account either by the original people or by subsequent 

 visitors. 



Bone Implements 



Many bone implements (pi. 34, 35) were found during the excava- 

 tion of Cliff Palace. They are of the bones of birds and small mam- 

 mals, or, now and then, of those of antelope or bear, the latter fur- 



" Tirenty-fourth Annual Report of the Biirrnii of American Ethnology. 



