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from a small slab containing a slight superficial depression to a well- 
formed mortar. Pigments ground in these utensils were used for 
decoration of face and body and for ornamentation of pottery. 
To the surface of one of the 
best of these grinders still adhere 
stains of green paint that had 
been ground on it. This (pl. 60, 
a), the most interesting perhaps 
of all the paint grinders, is made 
of hard blackish stone; it is rec- 
tangular, about 10 inches long. 
There is a slight symmetrical de- 
pression on one side; the rim is 
decorated. With this specimen 
' was found a finely made pestle 
(fig. 30), also of hard stone, with 
smooth finish, its grinding end 
slightly flaring. Both these ob- 
jects were exhumed from the 
burial cyst of Clan-house 1, ac- 
companying the skeleton of the 
priest, or possibly chief. The fin- 
ger bones of the right hand, when 
found,still held fragments of paint, 
and there were arrow-points and 
spear-points in the left hand. 
Plate 62, a, shows one of these rubbers of oval shape with a knob- 
like projection at one side. In } the rubbing part is more massive, 
while the handle, which is not very prominent, occupies a similar 
position. Inc the handle is more elevated and the 
rubbing portion of the stone relatively smaller, 
while in d the handle is greatly depressed and the 
rubbing part elongate. Specimen e represents a fine 
rubbing stone belonging to the series having the 
knobs between the center and the periphery, while 
in f the handle is centrally placed and the body is 
circular and thin; the latter is one of the best made 
of all the rubbing stones in the collection. In g the 
MH diameter of the knob is only slightly less than that 
Fig. 28. Flummetlike of the body of the grinder. 
object. a A 
Mortars.—These range in form from circular to 
rectangular; some are deeply concave, some have nearly a plane sur- 
face. One of the simplest specimens (pl. 64,c) is of irregular shape, 
concave on one side; d is almost rectangular, considerably longer 
Fic. 27. Dumb-vell shaped stone maul. 
