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upon -which little work has been bestowed beyond making the groove. It 

 is in shape very much like the rude grooved sinkers, made of slate and 

 other soft materials, found on the Atlantic coast. In this instance, however, 

 the abraided edge shows the use to which the implement was put. It is 

 from the pueblo of San Juan, on the Rio Grande. A somewhat similar 

 but much thicker hammer, with the groove nearer the centre, was evi- 

 dently mounted so that both ends could be used. This was obtained by 

 Mr. H. W. Henshaw at an ancient pueblo north of Santa F6, ; n New Mexico. 



On Plate XIX, Figs. 2, 3, and 4, are representations of three grooved 

 hammer stones similar to those found in other parts of the countiy. These 

 were very likely mounted in a similar manner to the Sioux hammer, which 

 has been described in detail on page 20fi of this volume. These specimens 

 are not among those placed in my hands, and I cannot give anything more 

 regarding them than can be obtained from an examination of the figures. 



Dr. YaiTOw made every effort he could to obtain stone implements 

 from the Indians of the pueblos, and nearly all that have been mentioned 

 here were secured by him during the summer of 1874. He did not see 

 any of the axes and hammers in use, and, so far as he could learn, they 

 are not now made. Those which he obtained had been handed down 



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for a long period, and the Indians were loth to part with them. None 

 were mounted on handles, but he was informed that they were formerly 

 attached to handles made of plaited skin and hair, like the Indian whip, 

 or were fastened by withes of wood, thongs of leather, hide, or buckskin. 

 Although grooved implements were carefully looked for by Dr. Yarrow 

 among the ruins in New Mexico, none were found. 



A singular object of unknown use was found by Dr. Loew in October, 

 1 K74, at a ruined pueblo below Albuquerque, on the Rio Grande. It is made 

 from a mass of pumice (Rhysolite), and represents an ideal shell. From the 

 end of the spire, which is formed of two whorls, to the furthest extremity 

 of the lip it measures 6 \ inches, and is 4 inches in its largest transverse 

 diameter. The aperture of the shell is cut to a depth of about half an inch. 

 In this median groove there is a hole about half an inch in diameter, 

 which has been bored almost to the centre of the object. Another hole of 

 the same size and character has also been bored into the spiral end, and 



