EED PAENT. 



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as the receptacles of this valued substance. In addition to being carefully 

 cut into various shapes, these cakes are often ornamented with lines and 



Fig. 127. 



Fig. 128. 



Cake of red paint. Cake of red paint. 



punctures. Several of these cakes from the graves at Dos Pueblos and La 

 Patera are shown of actual size in Figs. 127, 128, 129, 130, and 131. 



Fig. 129. Fig. 130. 



Cake of red paint. Cake of red paint. 



Small pebbles, with one face cut and artificially smoothed, often more 

 or less discolored by the red ochre, have been taken from the graves, and 



Fig. 131. 



Cake of red paint. 



it seems probable that they were used for rubbing the paint when mixed 

 with water, or other substances, before being employed. 



