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A fourth specimen is of the same general outline, but somewhat 

 larger. It has a small concavity on the upper side and may be a frag- 

 ment of a cooking pot, but probably it has been made from a slab of soap- 

 stone direct, as was Fig. 34. There is on this specimen a series of parallel 

 lines,. perpendicular in direction, deeply incised on the edge of the upper 

 or perforated end. This ornamentation, if such it be, occurs on no other 

 of the ten specimens of the series here described. The measurements of this 

 specimen are : Width of the upper end, 4 inches ; length of the sides, 

 which have an outward curve, 10 inches ; width of the lower end, 3.5 

 inches ; of this and the oblique margin, 7 inches. 



A large specimen of these baking pans of steatite, from San Miguel 

 Island, California (Peabody Museum, 9261), collected by Paul Schu- 

 macher, is of greater dimensions than any of the preceding, and, having a 

 very deeply curved surface, may possibly have formed originally a part of 

 a large cooking pot ; but if so, of one of even greater capacity than Fig. 

 32. This specimen has not a raised rim, but otherwise resembles Fig. 

 34 of this series. The measurements are : Width of the upper end, 5.5 

 inches; length of the sides, which are straight, 11 inches; width of the 

 lower end, 9 inches. 



An example of somewhat smaller size is interesting as showing that 

 considerable value was placed upon these utensils. The perforation, near 

 the middle of the smaller or upper end, having been destroyed by a 

 fracture, which detached a large piece from one corner, a second hole has 

 been drilled in the middle of the projecting half of the remaining end. 

 AVhile this gives quite an irregular outline to the article, the available sur- 

 face for baking has not been lessened. This specimen has a worn sloping 

 edge, and the depth of the concave surface renders it probable that it was 

 a fragment of a pot. The measurements are : Width of cooking surface, 

 8 inches ; length of same, 7.5 inches ; width of pi-qjection having the per- 

 foration, 3 inches ; length of same, 2 inches. It was obtained at Dos 

 Pueblos by Mr. Schumacher. (Peabody Museum, No. 9225.) 



An example of still more irregular form, in the Peabody Museum, in- 

 dicates that the constant exposure to intense heat caused many of these 

 baking utensils not only to crumble about their edges, but to break into 



