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of azurite or carbonate of copper, small nodules of which they col- 

 lect at copper mines. This pigment is used in painting and deco- 

 rating wooden images and gods. 



93. (40717). Mortar similar to the above, and used for the same pur- 

 pose. 



94. (40718). Paint mortar made from a large irregularly round ferrugi- 

 nous sandstone. Used in pulverizing a reddish pigment for deco- 

 rating pottery. 



95. (40719). Mortar of a globular shape, made from a coarse-grained 

 sandstone, used for grinding or mixing vermilion. 



96. (40720). Paint mortar of sandstone. The whole mortar is only about 

 an inch thick ; made from a section of au old metate rubber. 



97. (40722). Paint mortar of quartzite; blue pigment grinder. Size 

 about four by three inches. This, like many of the flat mortars, 

 has been first used as a rubbing stone and subsequently converted 

 into a paint mortar. 



98. (40723). Mortar made from a quartz boulder. 



99. (40724). Sandstone mortar. 



100. (40725). Paint mortar of sandstone, very flat. 



101. (40726). Paint mortar, with oblong shallow depression; sandstone. 



102. (40728). Square paint mortar; cavity about half an inch deep; sand- 

 stone impregnated with iron. Quartzitic pestle accom-panjing it. 



103. (40729). Paint mortar of quartzite; almost square; depression al- 

 most worn through by use; quartz pebble pestle accompanying it., 



104 (40730). Small round paint mortar of basalt, with white quartz 

 pebble pestle. 



105. (40731). Fig. 353. Paint mortar and pestle of quartz, with a knob 

 on the end, which serves as a handle. This mortar was used in 

 grinding an azurite pigment. 



106. (40732). Mortar shaped somewhat like a ladle; the projecting end 

 is provided with a small groove out of which the paint is poured. 



107. (40733). Small sandstone mortar. 



108. (40864). Paint mortar of sandstone. 



109. (40868). Paint mortar of basalt, almost square. 



110. (40869). Flat, square sandstone paint mortar; black water-worn 

 pebble for pestle. 



111. (40907). Chili or red pepper mortar of very porous lava rock ; oval 

 bottom, shallow cavity, about four inches thick and eight in diame- 

 ter. These lava mortars may have been used for other purposes, 

 but at the present time the Indians use them in crushing the pods 

 and seeds of red pepper, and occasionally for crushing parched 

 corn. They are quite common. 



112. (40908). Food mortar of lava rock; square with flat bottom. Mor- 

 tars of this kind are used in crushing grain and seeds. 



113. (42272). Fig. 358. Paint mortar of very hard, fine-grained sand- 

 stone. The specimen is a very fail' type of aU the square paint 



