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The general i)lienomena of the quarries correspond closely with 

 those of the East, but the articles produced are quite distinct and 

 much more varied in form and often of superior finish. Figure 112 

 illustrates a small portion of the worked surface of an exposed body 

 of steatite at Pots Valley, Santa Catalina Island. The stumps indi- 

 cate the removal of several roundish masses of stone, as were re- 

 quired in the shaping of the large globular cooking pots, many fine 

 examples of which have been collected on the islands and the 

 neighboring mainland. A life-size group in plaster, designed to illus- 



FiG. li;^. Traces ot alJoiigiij;il work iu soapstone quarry, Santa Caralina Island. 



trate the soapstone-quarry work on Santa Catalina Island, is ex- 

 hibited in the section of American Archeologj^, United States 

 National Museum, and is illustrated in figure 113. The exceptional 

 range in form and function of the articles made in this place is 

 indicated by the contents of a grave opened by the writer within a 

 few yards of the quarry face. With the badly crushed skeleton was 

 a shallow dish, two broken pestles, and a number of sculptures and 

 small articles, all of soapstone, and possibly made for the special 

 purpose of burial with the body. 



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