BTEVESSOX J 



VEGETAL SUBSTANCES 



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1309. (41700). Bundle of fine grass stems for a comb. 



1310. (41282). Comb and brush combined, made from dried grass stems; 

 one end is used as a comb, tlie otlier as a brush. 



1311. (41277). Woodeu spade or shovel quite like an oi'dinar/ spade, 

 used by the Indians for shoveling snow from the roofs of their 

 houses, and for taking bread from their bakeovens. See Fig. 495. 



1312. (40879). Woodeu digger and coruplauter, called td-sd-quin-ne. 

 This is the only specimen of the 

 kind in the collection. The foot 

 is used in digging as we use a 

 spade. In making holes in the 

 ground for ])laiiting grain, one 

 foot is placed on the short pro- 

 jection, and the individual using 

 it walks along, each alternate 

 step making a hole in the ground 

 into which to drop the grain. 

 See Fig. 490. 



1313. (41262). Medicine sticks to in- 

 fluence rain. These little sticks 

 are found hidden beneath the 

 rafters of nearly eveiy house in 

 Zuiii. 



1314. (41275). Wooden war-club, 

 which the Zuuis claim was one 

 of their original weapons of war. 

 See Fig. 491. 



1315. (418.56). A peculiar warty 

 squash or gourd hollowed out 

 and tilled with pebbles to make a rattling sound, used in most of 

 the dances. See Fig. 497. 



1316. (41281). Gourd dance rattle. 



1317. (41190). Squash or gourd for making rattles. 



1318. (41197). Smooth-surfaced .squash for rattle. 



1319. (41189). Gourd painted red, yellow, and black, which is suspended 

 to a pole held in the dance called by the Zufiis tom-tschfil- 

 fvn-ne. 



1320. (41190). Yellow gourd, with black baud, and having alternate 

 squares of white and black around the centre, through which a 

 stick is pas.sed Cor holding it in the hand during a dance. The 

 gourd is placed on the stick in an inverted position. On the top 

 of the stick a bunch of feathers is attached. This ornament is 

 generally used in their social dances, in which the young men and 

 women mingle. See Fig. 492. 



1321. (41193). Water gourds. 



1322. (41194). Gourd with opening in the end of the handle. 



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Fig. 497. 



