Illustrated Catalogue Of The Collections Obtained From The Indians Of New Mexico Part 3

31. (40579). Large, heavy basaltic hammer and axe with groove around the body near the hammer end; about seven inches long.

32. (40580). Axe, grooved in the middle, upper or hammer end unusually long in proportion to the size.

33. (40581). Flat axe made from a water-worn boulder, oval in outline, both edges designed for cutting or splitting. Deep groove encircling the body, with protrusions above and below it to prevent the handle from slipping out; greenstone.

34. (40582). Hard, fine-grained sandstone axe wedge-shaped, without a groove.

35. (40583). Grooved axe with round body.

36. (40584). Fig. 349. Axe with a broad, shallow groove near the upper end, which is much narrower and smaller than the lower; of mottled volcanic rock, white, green, and black.

37. (40585). Axe grooved in the middle, irregular in shape, and much chipped off at the lower edge and rounded off at the top.

38. (40806). Made from a very fine, hard metamorphic rock, small enough to be cla.s.sed as a hatchet; crescent-shaped at the top.

39. (40703). Fig. 348. A very dark brown axe, speckled with reddish spots. This axe bears a much finer polish than most of those in the collection.

40. (40704). Axe, grooved near the upper end, which is cone-shaped.

41. (40705). An almost square axe of basaltic rock, grooved on the sides, flat on top.

42. (40706). Axe of quartzitic rock, flat and thin; grooved.

43. (40900). Long, narrow axe, grooved near the upper end.

44. (40901). Axe, made from a water-worn boulder, almost to its present shape.

45. (40902). Small, round axe of basalt, having a shallow groove near the larger end.

46. (40903). Grooved basaltic axe.

47. (40904). Maul, with rough surface, one side flat, the other convex, with a groove.

[Ill.u.s.tration: Fig. 347 (42229) (?) Fig. 348 (40703) (?) Fig. 349 (40584) (?) Fig. 350 (39903) (?) Fig. 351 (42205) (?) Fig. 352 (40560) (?) Figs. 347-352.--Zuni Grooved Axes.]

48. (40258). Double-grooved axe of porphyry, well polished and quite perfect.

49. (41260). Grooved axe of compact sandstone; wedge-shaped.

50. (42204). Stone maul of basalt, with groove; very rough.

51. (42205). Grooved axe of basalt. Fig. 351. This specimen was obtained at Fort Wingate, in New Mexico, but was probably found in or around some of the ruins.

52. (42229). This is one of the finest specimens in the collection, and, as shown by the cut, Fig. 347, has the handle attached, ready for use.

This is formed of a willow withe bent round the axe and doubled, extending out far enough to form a handle and wrapped with a buckskin string; of compact basalt.

53. (42230). Shallow-grooved axe of basalt.

54. (42231). Axe, with a shallow groove near the larger end.

55. (42232). Axe of basalt, grooved on the sides.

56. (42233). Grooved axe, in size and shape the same as (42226).

57. (42234). Grooved axe of a peculiar black mottled rock, with white, marble-like streaks through it; groove surrounding it in the center.

58. (42235). Irregularly-shaped axe with a wide and deep groove surrounding it, curiously mottled with reddish and green streaks.

Specimens of this kind are quite rare.

59. (42236). Grooved axe; sides well polished and exhibiting peculiar reddish spots.

60. (42237). Small grooved axe of metamorphic rock.

61. (42238). Grooved axe.

62. (42239). Small grooved axe of schistose rock, much flaked off at each end.

63. (42240). Axe, grooved on three sides; similar in size and shape to (42223).

64. (42241). Grooved axe with flattened top.

65. (42242). Same as the preceding.

66. (42242). Grooved axe with two edges.

67. (42244). Celt-shaped axe of basalt; it appears to have been used as a rubbing stone.

68. (39869). Zuni maul with circular groove around the centre, used generally for grinding or pounding soft foods, such as red-pepper pods; of porous lava.

69. (39903). Double-edged axe, _o'-la-ki-le_, with groove around the middle; volcanic rock, from Zuni. See Fig. 350.

70. (42349). Rounded end of a sandstone metate grinder converted into a flat hammer by grooving it at the opposite edges.

71. (41291). Pounder of sandstone. It was originally a common axe. Thumb and finger depression on the sides.

72. (40871). Lava Chili pounder with cap-shaped ends; grooved.

73. (40906). Lava rock pounder; small.

_METATES, OR GRAIN-GRINDERS, AND PESTLES._

74. (40870). Square red sandstone metate.

75. (42280). Flat sandstone grinding slab.

76-82. The following numbers represent the rubbers accompanying the metates. The Indian name is _ya'-lin-ne_: 76, (40909); 77, (40910); 78, (40911); 79, (40912); 80, (40913); 81, (40914); 82, (41259); sandstone rubber.

_MORTARS, PESTLES, ETC._