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general type still used by the Pueblo Indians. This 
form is common along the Pacific drainage of 
America south to Chile. 
A most interesting piece of weaving is a small 
robe or kilt found wrapped around a body. The weav- 
ing is diagonal, producing raised patterns which are 
further accentuated by the use of black, red, and yel- 
low dye. This is probably the finest piece of textile work 
known from the Southwest (illustrated on page 51). 
While the specimens recovered from the north- 
western portion of the area indicate a great variety and 
perfection in textile art, there are many examples of 
cotton and yucea fiber textiles from all parts of the area. 
Stonework. The grinding stones employed were 
metates of the same sort now used in the Southwest and 
found in the southern portion of California, in Mexico 
and Central America, and generally in South America. 
The bottom stone, the metate,is a slab roughened by 
pecking and often ground down in the middle so that it 
has a raised border on either side. For use, it has the 
front end raised, making an angle of about 30 degrees 
with the floor. The upper stone, called a mano, is 
usually a rectangular prism which is grasped at both 
ends with the hands of a kneeling woman and rubbed up 
and down over the bottom stone. 
The axes and pestles, made by pecking and grinding 
selected stones, are gracefully shaped and excellently 
made. The usual method of attaching a handle to the 
ax was to wrap stout withes around it in the one or 
more grooves provided. 
The flaked objects of jasper and flint show excellent 
workmanship and many of them are very pleasing in 
outline. There are many arrow-heads and drill points 
and a few large pieces which were evidently used on 
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