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COLLECTIOMS OF 1879 TESUKE. 



COLLECnONS FROM TESUKE. 



ARTICLES OF STONE. 



METATES, MOBTAHS, ETC. 



2530. (39809). Stoue metate for griudiug graiu, brown saudstoue. 



2531. (39810). Quartzitic stone mortar for grinding mineral pigment. 



2532. (39811). Quite small mineral 

 pigment mortar of quartz rock. 



2533. (39821). Gaming ball of fine- 

 grained sandstone. 



2534. (42215). Discoidal quartz 

 pounder. 



2535. (42341). Fig. 650. Paint mor- 

 tar. This mortar was made 

 from a somewhat rounded sand- 

 stone boulder by grinding out 

 a cavity. In the cut, which was 

 drawn for another purpose, the 

 pestle is represented with a 

 small cui)-shaped cavity on one 

 side of it, in which the iiuid pig- 

 ment from the mortar was 

 poured and used with the brush 

 of the artist for decorative pur- 

 poses. This is the only speci- Fig. G50. 



men of the kind in the collection, and the only one found where 

 the pestle combines the cup with it. 



ARTICLES OF CLAY. 



WATEB VASES. 



This group, though comparatively small, contains some of the largest 

 and grandest pieces in the entire collection, some of the vases being 

 twenty inches in height and twenty-two in diameter, having a ca])acity 

 of ten gallons. It consists of white ware with decorations in black, 

 bearing a strong resemblance to that of Cochiti, brown micaceous, and 

 polished brown ware without ornamentation, and black ware without 

 ornamentation. 



