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superseded by the cheap and scarcely less fragile metal ones of 

 American manufacture. They were globuhir in form, and not pro- 

 videtl with projections or loops for the attachment of straps. In 

 fact, they were intended to be carried in the woman's kiithS,; men on 

 the warpath or traveling far from water hiust learn to endure thirst, 

 but the women when compelled to go far for wood or cactus fruit were 

 accustomed to carry water in these canteens. The vessels were 

 sometimes broken, and Sala Hina told us of such an experience in 

 which she nearly perished of thirst before she reacheil the river, 

 though she had gone but a few miles from home. Canteens were 

 decorated in a variety of patterns, including human figures." 



T\Tiat may be termed a parching pan (pi. xix,«) is made for roasting 

 grains preparatory to grinding them for pinole. It is a large oval 

 shallow dish with margin extended at ends for handles.* 



Fig. 53. rt, h. Water coolers. 



A tortilla baking plate (pi. xix, h) is sometimes seen. It is nothing 

 more than a slightly concave undecorated disk."^ 



Cuj)s were seldom made of clay; dippers of gourd or bowls of 

 basketry were lighter and less perishable. It is probable that most 

 of the few cups of Indian manufacture now to be found among the 

 Pimas wore obtained from the Kwahadk s or the Papagos. They are 

 so highly polished as to appear to be glazed and are usually decorated 

 with geometric designs to which no meaning can be ascribed by their 

 makers.'' 



o There are three specimens in the collection. I'l. xviii, c is 0.19.5 m. high, 0.600 m. in circumfer- 

 ence, with an opening at the top 31 mm. in diiuueter. Pi. xviii. d is 0.13.5 in. high, 0.3i>.5 in. in circum- 

 ference, and has an opening 29 mm. in diameter. I'l. xvii:. f is a doul>Uvnecked canteen. 



^ RepR'sents a pan that 18 0.445 m. long. 0.354 m. wide, 0.117 m. high. 



c The collection contains one of these plates, which is O.yjOm. in diameter and stands 03 mm. high. 



d PI. XIX. f. represents a cup whicli was made by the Kwahadk's and traded to the Pimas. It is 84 

 ram. high and 84 mm. in diainoter. 



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