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and a large grooved stone from the Canon of Tonto Creek, Arizona; 6 specimens.

The probable use of the large grooved stone is suggested by Capt. Bourke in a note as follows: "It may have been suspended by a rope made from the fibre of the Spanish Bayonet (a species of Yucca) and used for mashing acrons and walnuts."

A grooved and polished axe, rubbing-stones for metates and paint mullers from the Pueblo of Zuni, New Mexico; 11 specimens.

A grooved axe from the modern pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico.

A perforated object of lava, 2 3/4 wide in diameter and two inches high, from the Valley of the Rio Verde, Arizona. The perforation is larger at the ends than in the center and there is a slight groove around the outside.

A grooved axe from the modern pueblo of Santa Clara Valley of the Rio Grande, N. Mexico.