Arrow-heads of obsidian, chalcedony, and quartz. They are mostly small, barbed, and well-formed. Many of them are translucent, and some are transparent. Both obsidian and chalcedony occur in nature in southern Utah.
One straight pipe-bowl of catlinite was found in a cave-house in San Juan County. This may perhaps indicate intercourse with the tribes of Dakota or Minnesota.
A nearly pear-shaped pipe-bowl of beautifully polished onyx was found with mummified human bodies and wooden flails and fibre mats in a cave in eastern Utah (see Fig. 436). It had a stem of bone in position, fastened in place by some sort of black cement or fireproof substance, which also lined the inside of the pipe-bowl.
Stone mauls and hammers are to be mentioned as occurring in Utah. They are generally provided with a groove in which the pliant, tough, wooden handle is fastened.
Grooved stone axes likewise occur.
Oblong and other-shaped pendants and ornaments of turquoise and green variscite have been found in the valley houses.
Pottery Objects
Pipe-bowls of several kinds, straight and curved. Some well-formed pottery pipes were found by the writer in 1890 in valley-house ruins.
Balls an inch or two in diameter made of partially baked clay. Probably used for games of some sort.
Vessels in the form of bowls and jugs. The bowls are of regular form, well glazed and tastefully decorated with painted designs, mostly on the inside.