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ART! FACTS 



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Fork. In frying doughnuts it is necessary to have some inst rument 

 with which to remove them from the fat. A slender sharpened rod 

 of arrowwood is used for tliis purpose (fig. 14, «)." 

 Ladh . Latlles are said to he of recent intro- 

 (hiction, the Pimas liaving obtained them from 

 the Papagos, who in turn liad derived tlie art of 

 mailing them from the Mexicans. They are com- 

 monly made of mescjuite, though the Papagos 

 make them of paloverde wood. The bowls are 

 not rounded, ])ut are made in the shape of a flat- 

 tened cone, as they 

 can be more readily 

 worked into that 

 form with astraight- 

 l)laded knife. ** 



Pottery pcMMle. A F'^- i- Pottery pnddio. 



paddle of cottonwood is used to shape 

 the outer surface of pottery. It is 

 hollowed to fit the convex surface of 

 the vessel, and is now frequently made 

 from a barrel stave, which has the 

 proper curvature. The paildles are of 

 varying sizes, according to the sizes of 

 the vessels on which they are used, but 

 tlie handles are always proportionately 

 short.' 



Shelves. There is a class of objects 

 that are used indifferently for doors'' 

 of sheds and houses, for shelves « that 

 are suspended in the arbors, and for 

 bird traps./ They are usually made 

 of large arrowbush rods, which are 

 c[uite straight and of uniform diameter. 

 The rods are tied to cross pieces, as shown in figure 16, a, or are held 

 by twisted cords of hide, as in figure 16, h. The latter specimen was 



a The specimen collected is 45 cm. long. 



l> The Qnished specimen in the coUection is rather smaller than the average (fig. 14, 6) . It is 0..3!I4 m. 

 long. The bowl is 94 nmi. in diameter and 42 mm. deep. The unfinished specimen (fig. 14, c) is a large 

 one, measuring 0..">70 m. in length. The National Museum contains a specimen, no. 7(J050. which 

 measures .50 era. in length, with bowl 1.5 cm. in diameter. 



c The collection contains one which is 0.2(18 m. long and 0.112 m. wide (fig. 15). 



dThe door (fig. 10, b) is 1 m. long and 0.850 m. wide. The rods are from 1 to 2 centimeters in 

 diameter and are held by 5 hide strands, 2 at each end and 1 in the middle. The stiSening of the 

 rawhide has warped the upper portion. 



e The shelf (fig. 10, a) is 1.0.Wm. long and ,Wcm. wide. 



/When used as traps they are tilted at an angle of 20° or 30° from the ground and supported in 

 that position by a short stick to which a long cord is attached. Wheat strewn under the tntp lures 

 small birds, which are caught when a jerk on the line removes the supporting stick. One of these 

 traps was seen at nearly every house during the winter of 1901-2. 



Hanging shelf. 



