Another lot of similar accessories was once included in a collection belonging to the California Academy of Sciences and is listed in Appendix I.
I secured half a dozen paddles, kanóθki, for smoothing the fresh coils of pottery vessels. All of these prove to have been cut from white oak staves of whiskey barrels, whose two-way curvature perhaps suggested to the Mohave their adaptability for the purpose. Four of the six pieces still show staining by iron barrel hoops. Three, however, had had their concavity partly whittled flat. I presume that in the old days paddles were made of cottonwood or mesquite. The length and width dimensions of the "blades," that is, exclusive of handles, are:
4276.......117...90
4311.......113..100
4346.......118..100 flattened
4347.......100...80 flattened
4348.........70...50 with 2 last makes a 3-size nest
13839......140...75 flat, almost biconvex
The second and last of these paddles are accompanied by their "anvils"—waterworn stones. No. 4312 is somewhat three-cornered, 90-95 mm. in length, 43 mm. thick, has one flattish side, one convex, and weighs 18 oz. No. 13840, though got four years later, is quite similar: 85-90 mm., 48 mm. thick, one side flattish, weight also 18 oz.
DESCRIPTION OF THE POTTERY
All pieces are actually inscribed with and cataloged under a number beginning with the prefix 1-, which denotes provenience from native California. This prefix, being unvarying, is omitted in the present treatise.
The objects described were collected by myself in three lots, in Mohave Valley, on both sides of the Colorado River, as follows:
| In 1902 | Accession 40 | Specimens 1-1710-1760 | ||
| In 1904 | Acc. 135-138 | Specs. 1-4259-4381 | ||
| In 1908 | Acc. 325 | Specs. 1-13771-13775 |
Of these nearly 300 objects, some 70 are of pottery.
An earlier collection, made in 1900 for the California Academy of Sciences, was destroyed by fire on the day of the San Francisco earthquake, April 18, 1906. Some notations on it were preserved and are summarized in Appendix I.