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tion in textik* art, there are many examples of cotton 

 and 3'ucca fiber textiles from all parts of the area. 



M elates. 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 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 from the 





Prcliistoric Stone Metate and Bowl. 



floor. The upper stone is usually a rectangular prism 

 which is grasped by both ends with the hands of a kneel- 

 ing woman and rubbed up and down over the ])ottom 

 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. 



