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COOKING POTS AND FOOD VESSELS. 



many pieces. The specimen here referred to was originally probably quite 

 symmetrical, as one side is comparatively straight. The other, however, is 

 very irregular and splintered. The original perforation has in this speci- 

 men, also, been broken away, and a second made at a short distance from 

 it. This example has a much more curved surface than any of the others, 

 and bears every indication of being merely a utilized fragment of a cooking 

 vessel. It was collected at Santa Cruz Island, California, by Mr. Schu- 

 macher. 



An irregularly shaped and comparatively flat example of these 

 domestic utensils, also from Santa Cruz Island, was probably made directly 

 from a slab of steatite quarried for the purpose. It is somewhat boat-shaped 

 in outline, with the sides slightly higher than the middle, but with the 

 ends more nearly on a level with the lowest portion of the main surface. 

 The hole is quite near the middle of the slab, being farther from the end 

 than is usual. This specimen measures 10 inches in length by about 6 

 inches in average width. 



A small example, showing no signs of exposure to fire, is quadrangular 

 in shape, without a raised rim, and with a countersunk hole in one corner. 



Its general appearance sug- 

 gests that it is a fragment of a 

 still larger specimen, which 

 has not been used since its 

 detachment from the original. 

 It measures 4.5 inches in aver- 

 age width ; length, 6.5 inches, 

 and is from Santa Catalina Isl- 

 and, California. Collected by 

 Paul Schumacher. (Peabody 

 steatite plate,*. Museum, 9268.) 



Fig. 35 represents an example of stone implement that at first glance 

 is apparently of the same character as the preceding, but as the convexity 

 of both surfaces is pronounced, and there is no trace of exposure to fire, 

 the use of the implement in question is not demonstrated by any of its 

 features. Whatever may have been its use, which doubtlessly was other 



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