118. ([41289]). Fig. [356]. This is a sandstone mould for shaping metal into such forms as suit the fancy of the Indians for bridle and other ornaments; one cavity is rectangular, about four inches long by one in width; the other about two inches in diameter. Silver, which has long been a metal of traffic among these tribes, is the one which is usually melted down for ornamental purposes. After it is taken from the mould it is beaten thin, then polished.
119. (41290). Is a portion of the same mould, with one cavity square and the other in the shape of a spear-head.
120, 121. ([42266]), Fig. [354], and (42267), are crucibles, which were used in connection with the moulds for melting silver and other metals. Many other ornaments are made in the same manner.
122. ([40808]). Fig. [357]. This is a large, rudely chipped spear-head of mica schist, obtained at Zuñi, which was carried in the hand of one of the performers in a dance. It does not show any evidences of having been used in any other way. They called it äh´-chi-än-tēh-ä-hla.
| Fig. 355 ([42245]) (⅓) |
123. ([42245]). Fig. [355]. Handsomely-shaped and well-polished skinning knife of a remarkably fine-grained silicious slate. Above the shoulders on one side it is worn off to an oval surface, and is flat on the other.
124. (40915). Round sandstone, which is called a gaming stone; it is quite round, and bears the same name in Zuñi as the pestle, āh-kä-mon-ne.
125. (40916). Quartz stone, flat and rounded at the ends as a sort of last to keep moccasins in shape while being sewed; called yä´-lĭn-ne.
126. (41239). String of alabaster beads, tem-thla.