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Aruonviieads 



A great portion of those used by the Pimas were made by the Hoho- 

 kam. However, the Pimas always had a few arrowhead makers who 

 worked in obsidian, sliale, or Hint. They j)ro(hiced small heads vary- 

 ing from 1 to 2i cm. in length by 1 in breadth. Those represented in 

 figure oO are old jioiiits. The lieads are stemless, sometimes having 

 shoulders for the sinew seizing. One man was found who continues 

 to make arrowheads, which he sells to the whites. 



AUUOW-.^HAIT SriiAKiHTENER 



Tlie Pimas had very little need for grooved stones for straightening 

 arrows as the arrow^vood is naturally as straight as could l)e desired. 

 It is probalde that the stones of this kind found in the ruins were 

 used merely for polishing. The Pimas used them scarcety at all." 



II.VMMEU Stones 



These are frequently seen around the ruins of Arizona, })ut the 

 Pimas seem to have little use for them. 



Fig. 32. Crystals from medicine basket. 

 FiRESTONBS 



Three stones, each about 1.5 cm. in diameter, were used to support 

 the cooking pots over the fire. They have been largely supplanted 

 by an iron frame obtained from the agency blacksmith. These 

 stones were jiicked up when needed and little effort made to preserve 

 them. 



Crystals 



CrA'stals and curiously shaped stones of all kinds were preserved in 

 the outfits of the medicine-men. Several such specimens were pur- 

 chased and some were found in a cache among the hills (fig. 32).* 



a A specimen ( Uohokam) in the coUeetion ffig. ;il) bus been shaix'd to represent some animal (?). It 

 is 92 mm. long and (iO mm. wide. 



f> Compare Cushing: "In this connection it is interesting to add as of possible moment suggestively 

 that associated with the ultra mural remains [in the Salt River valley], both house- and pyral-. 

 were found small, peculiar concretion-stones and crystals e\idently once used as personal fetiches or 

 amulets, as is the case at Zufii to-day." Cougrfis International des .Vm^ricanistes, vii™** sess., 1890, \~*.\. 



