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THE PIMA INDIANS 



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pitted with tliem. They are occasionally met with almost anj"- 

 wliere in the eastern half of the Territory. With that portion west 

 of the Kio Verde the writer is unacquainted. Reference to the pages 

 devoted to a description of the plants that furnish food for the Pimas 

 will show how extensively the mortar is used in srindins seeds. 



Pestle. For pounding- up mesquite beans in the mortar a large 

 wooden pestle is sometimes used. It is simply a mesquite club with 

 rounded head (fig. 13, c)." 



Fig. 14. a. Doughnut fork; 6. ladle; c, unfinished ladle. 



Bread tray. Neatly made trays of mesquite, rarely of cottonwood, 

 are used, and appear to be among the most prized of the household 

 utensils (fig. 13, d). They are employed for a variety of purposes be- 

 sides that of mixing bread. '' Smaller trays and plates — circular, ellip- 

 tical, and rectangular — are sometimes obtainetl from the Papagos. 



a One specimen, the only one seen, was secured. It is 1.210 m. long and the head is 0.335 m. in 

 diameter. 



i> The specimen collected is 0.615 m. long, 0.355 m. wide, and 0.071 m. deep. The legs are 24 cm. 

 long; they are three in number and ol the same piece of wood as the body of the tray. There is one 

 round shallow tray, no. 76051, in the NationaJ Museum that is 46 cm. in diameter. 



