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piiiole in and also served as drinkint; cu]is. They were light and 

 indestructible. They are no longer made aiid hut two were seen on 

 the reservation. 



Fig. 69. a, Olil sieve: b, modem sieve. 



Head rings of agave leaf (fig. 36, h) are occasionally seen, but they 

 are supposed to have been adopted from the Papagos (see p. 113). 



Fig. to. sleeping mat. 



Oval sieves were made of willow rods, and were very usefid in clean- 

 ing seeds, and in separating juice from j)ulp hi a variety of plants 



