Illustrated Catalogue Of The Collections Obtained From The Indians Of New Mexico Part 17

1293-1297. 1293, (40876); 1294, (40877); 1295, (40878); 1296, (41020); 1297, (41022) are specimens of spoons and ladles of wood. The large ones are called _tam-sho-kon-na-tsan_, the smaller, _tam-sho-kon tsan na_.

1298. (41276). A wooden chair, made entirely of wood and in imitation, of a common chair, ornamented with carvings.

1299. (42292). Meat-block in the form of a stool, one side of which is used for chopping, the other to sit upon.

1300. (40827). Rotary drill, with stone disk and flint point, usually employed in perforating turquoise and other hard substances for ornaments. See Figure 494. Called by the Zunis _kla-to-ne_.

1301. (40809). A small rectangular wooden box with a lid, used as a treasure-box, for holding choice trinkets and ornaments such as feathers, &c., called _la-po-ka kle-ton-tsan-na_.

1302. (41279). Wooden gun rack, made of pieces of flat wood, of a rectangular form, with notches in the upright sides for holding guns and bows. It is common in Zuni.

1303. (41192). A wooden comb used in connection with the loom. It is provided with teeth about one inch long; these teeth are placed between the perpendicular threads and with the hand brought down firmly on the cross-threads or yarn until it is perfectly compact. The blankets woven in this manner are water-tight. This comb is called _o-ha-na-pa-ne_.

1304-1307. 1304, (42043); 1305, (42044); 1306, (42045); and 1307, (42046); are combs above described, used with looms.

1308. (40810). A wooden comb of the same character.

[Ill.u.s.tration: Fig. 484 (40133) () Fig. 485 (41228) () Fig. 486 (40473) (?) Fig. 487 (41725) () Fig. 488 (40126) (?) Fig. 489 (41184) () Figs. 484-489.--Zuni Basketry, and Toy Cradles.]

1309. (41700). Bundle of fine gra.s.s stems for a comb.

1310. (41282). Comb and brush, combined, made from dried gra.s.s stems; one end is used as a comb, the other as a brush.

1311. (41277). Wooden spade or shovel quite like an ordinary spade, used by the Indians for shoveling snow from the roofs of their houses, and for taking bread from their bakeovens. See Fig. 495.

1312. (40879). Wooden digger and corn-planter, called _ta-sa-quin-ne_.

This is the only specimen of the kind in the collection. The foot is used in digging as we use a spade. In making holes in the ground for planting grain, one foot is placed on the short projection, and the individual using it walks along, each alternate step making a hole in the ground into which to drop the grain. See Fig. 496.

1313. (41262). Medicine sticks to influence rain. These little sticks are found hidden beneath the rafters of nearly every house in Zuni.

1314. (41275). Wooden war-club, which the Zunis claim was one of their original weapons of war. See Fig. 491.

1315. (41856). A peculiar warty squash or gourd hollowed out and filled with pebbles to make a rattling sound, used in most of the dances. See Fig. 497.

[Ill.u.s.tration: Fig. 497 (41856) (?)]

1316. (41281). Gourd dance rattle.

1317. (41196). Squash or gourd for making rattles.

1318. (41197). Smooth-surfaced squash for rattle.

1319. (41189). Gourd painted red, yellow, and black, which is suspended to a pole held in the dance called by the Zunis _tom-tschul-ton-ne_.

1320. (41190). Yellow gourd, with black band, and having alternate squares of white and black around the centre, through which a stick is pa.s.sed for holding it in the hand during a dance. The gourd is placed on the stick in an inverted position. On the top of the stick a bunch of feathers is attached. This ornament is generally used in their social dances, in which the young men and women mingle. See Fig. 492.

1321. (41193). Water gourds.

1322. (41194). Gourd with opening in the end of the handle.

1323-1334. 1323, (41198); 1324, (41199); 1325, (41200); 1326, (41201); 1327, (41202); 1328, (41203); 1329, (41204); 1330, (41205); 1331, (41206); 1332, (41207); 1333, (41234); 1334, (41235), are wooden birds carved and painted to represent such as they are accustomed to seeing daily. Those represented are the magpie, prairie lark, oriole, humming bird, and swallow. The latter is shown in Fig. 493. The object is attached to a stick in such a manner that the wings can be made to move up and down by pulling a string, in imitation of the bird in flight.

1335. (41184). Toy or baby cradle, called _wi-ha-klem-tsan-na_, (see Fig. 489), with a wooden doll arranged to show the manner of securing children in cradles.

1336. (41725). Cradle with wooden doll, Fig. 487, composed of woven willows.

1337. (41724). Toy drum, _to'-so-an-an-tom-me_.

1338. (41285). Spinning top.

_FOODS._

1339. (40905). _Wia-vi_, or wafer bread.

1340. (41261). Meal from Indian maize.

1341. (41263). Chili, or ground-red pepper.

1342. (41264). Dried peaches; Indian style.

1343. (41266). Dried squash; Indian style.

1344. (41267). Indian beans.

1345. (41271). Corn parched by the Indians.

1346. (41272). Native salt of Zuni.

1347. (41273). Zuni bread.

1348. (41274). Zuni bread used in the dance.

1349. (41280). Zuni bread.

1350. (41283). Zuni sprouted wheat, from which a juice or wine is obtained.

1351. (42050). Horse beans cultivated by the Indians.

_MEDICINES AND DYES._

1352. (41172). Root used as medicine.

1353. (41173). Root used as medicine.

1354. (41175). Root used as medicine, called by the Zunians _ah-qua-a-we_.

1355. (41174). Bark for coloring buckskin red.

1356. (41907). Plant for coloring black.