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presented characteristic marks of condition identical with those of other 

 associated wood similarly placed, its burial was coin- 

 cident with that of the other wood." 



Admitting the inferences drawn, as above stated, 

 to be correct, and there is little reason to question 

 them, it is evident that wooden implements are of 

 very great antiquity ; and the examples found in the 

 graves of Dos Pueblos are probably as old as any of iifJWXS'i 



the associated stone implements and weapons, though 

 the fact that many articles obtained from the early 

 Spanish visitors to the coast were found in some of 

 the graves of course throws a doubt on many of the 

 objects being of a greater antiquity than the period 

 of Spanish contact. 



Fig. 42 represents a canoe-shaped wooden vessel, : 

 which may be simply a toy boat, as has been sug- \ 



gested, or a receptacle for I i. -iucli as soi I' the ~- §|§|¥-!?y YiYI 



saucer-shaped stone vessels are supposed to have - 

 been. At one end of this article a hole has been f 

 drilled either for suspending the object, or, if a toy 

 boat, for attaching a conl, whereby the little vessel 

 might be drawn over the water. It is difficult to de- 

 termine to what extent toys, as miniature representa- 

 tions of articles in common use, were made by this 

 and other extinct tribes of Indians, although it is 

 well known that such toys are made by some exist 

 ing tribes. Whether an article for use or a toy, Fig. 

 42 represents a well-finished piece of work, particu- 

 larly if made solely by the aid of flint or obsidian 

 knives. 



Fig. 42 is of actual size, and other similar boat- 

 shaped articles have been collected of both larger and 

 smaller dimensions. This specimen was collected by Schumacher from a 

 grave on Santa Cruz Island, California (National Museum, Xo. 18178.) 



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