COLLECTIONS FEOM CUYAMUNQUE. 

 ARTICLES OF STONE. 



RUBBING STONES. 

 (Used as rubbers in grinding corn on metates.) 



1-3. 1, (46506); 2, (46507); 3, (46517). Basalt. 



4, (46510). Sandstone, 



5, (46512). Conglomerate. 



6-9. 6, (46513); 7, (46514); 8, (46515); 9, (46516). Mica schist. 



10-11. 10, (46518); 11, (46529). Of hornblende schist; these are elon- 

 gate and intended to be used with both hands. 



12-13. 12, (46508); 13, (46567). Quartzite metates. 



14-15. 14, (46509); 15, (46511). Sandstone metates, the latter but little 

 used and almost flat. 



16, (46551). Itubbing stone of andesite. 



17-24. 17, (46555); 18, (40556); 19, (46557); 20, (46558); 21, (46561); 

 22, (46563); 23, (46569); 24, (46559). Small smoothing stone 

 mostly of quartzite, one or two only of basalt. These are bowl- 

 ders weighing from one to three pounds, rounded by natural 

 agencies, and selected bj' the natives to be used for smootbiug 

 and polishing purposes. When much used they are worn down 

 flat on one side, the side used being worn off, just as the rubbing 

 stone in the old process of preparing ijaint. 



25-26. 25,(46519); 26,(46520). Unfinished celts of basalt. 



27, (46521). Crude hoe or adze of mica schist. 



28, (46522). Schist stone with groove for smoothing arrow shaft, and 



hole for rounding point. 



29-31. 29, (46523); 30, (46524); 31, (46525). Crude stone implements, 

 supposed to be used for digging. 



32-34. 32,(46526); 33, (46527); 34, (46528). Very crude stone imple- 

 ments, probably used for pounding. 



35, (46530). Double-handled baking stone; basalt. The use of stones 



of this kind will be more particularly noticed hereafter. 



36, (46531). Broken rounded mortar; basalt. 



37, (47532). A small, oblong, mortar-shaped vessel of lava. The width 



three inches, length when unbroken was probably four and a 

 half inches; width of inside two inches, length probably three 

 and one-fourth inches, depth of cavity three-fourths of an inch. 

 On the portion remaining there are four feet; originally there 

 were doubtless six. On one side is a projection or handle sim- 

 ilar in form and size to the feet. 



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