MINDELEFF. ] MEALING STONES AND GRAIN BINS. 209 
tacles for many of the smaller household articles, have also been described 
and illustrated in connection with the Zuni interior (Pl. LXXxv1). 
In many houses, both in Tusayan and in Cibola, shelves are constructed 
for the more convenient storage of food, ete. These are often constructed 
in a very primitive manner, particularly in the former province. An un- 
usually frail example may be seen in Fig. 67, in connection with a fire- 
place. Fig. 101, showing a series of mealing stones in a Tusayan house, 
also illustrates a rude shelf in the corner of the room, supported at one 
Fig. 101. Arrangement of mealing stones in a Tusayan house. 
end by an upright stone slab and at the other by a projecting wooden 
peg. Shelves made of sawed boards are occasionally seen, but as ¢ 
rule such boards are considered too valuable to be used in this manner. 
A more Common arrangement, particularly in Tusayan, is a combination 
of three or four slender poles placed side by side, 2 or 3 inches apart, 
forming a rude shelf, upon which trays of food are kept. 
Another device for the storage of food, occasionally seen in the pueblo 
house, is a pocket or bin built into the corner of a room. Fig. 101, illus- 
trating the plan of a Tusayan house, indicates the position of one of 
these cupboard-like inclosures. A sketch of this specimen is shown in 
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