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THE PIMA INDIANS 



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coolers. Every kitchen contains several; some of them broken in 

 halves or smaller fragments, yet retained for use in parching wheat or 

 corn over the fire, or for other purposes. They are undecoratcd and 

 not carefully smoothed and polished "because they would be shppery 

 to handle when they became wet." " 



Fig. 52. The burning. 



Bean pots are made with handles as represented in pi. xviii, h. 

 They form a distinct t^l^e unlike any other aboriginal ware known to 

 the writer.' 



Canteens were formerly made of pottery, but they have been 



a The specimen siiowTi in pi. xvm, a, is 0.285 m. high, 0.255 ra. in diameter at the top, 0.&50 ra. in 

 maximum circiunfcrcnce. 



' Pl.xviii, b. represents one of these vessels, which is 0.159 m. high, 0.195 m. in diameter at the top, 

 0.748 m. in ma.\iinum eiremnferenc-e. 



