the crossed warp threads.

This loom resembles in principle the ancient Egyptian, Grecian, and
French looms which are described on pages 55 to 62 of "The History and
Principles of Weaving by Hand and Power," by A. Barlow, London, 1878,
and on pages 41 to 45 of the "Treatise on Weaving and Designing of
Textile Fabrics," by Thomas E. Ashenhurst, Bradford, England, 1881.
See also pp. 200 to 208, Vol. II, of the "Cotton Manufacture of Great
Britain," by A. Ure, London, 1861.

COLLECTIONS FROM CUYAMUNQUE.

ARTICLES OF STONE.

_RUBBING STONES._

(Used as rubbers in grinding corn on metates.)

1-3. 1, (46506); 2, (46507); 3, (46517). Basalt.

4, (46510). Sandstone.

5, (46512). Conglomerate.

6-9. 6, (46513); 7, (46514); 8, (46515); 9, (46516). Mica schist.

10-11. 10, (46518); 11, (46529). Of hornblende schist; these are
elongate and intended to be used with both hands.

12-13. 12, (46508); 13, (46567). Quartzite metates.

14-15. 14, (46509); 15, (46511). Sandstone metates, the latter but
little used and almost flat.

16, (46551). Rubbing stone of andesite.

17-24. 17, (46555); 18, (46556); 19, (46557); 20, (46558); 21, (46561);
22, (46563); 23, (46569); 24, (46559). Small smoothing stone mostly of
quartzite, one or two only of basalt. These are bowlders weighing from
one to three pounds, rounded by natural agencies, and selected by the
natives to be used for smoothing and polishing purposes. When much
used they are worn down flat on one side, the side used being worn
off, just as the rubbing stone in the old process of preparing paint.

25-26. 25, (46519); 26, (46520). Unfinished celts of basalt.

27, (46521). Crude hoe or adze of mica schist.

28, (46522). Schist stone with groove for smoothing arrow shaft, and
hole for rounding point.

29-31. 29, (46523); 30, (46524); 31, (46525). Crude stone implements,
supposed to be used for digging.

32-34. 32, (46526); 33, (46527); 34, (46528). Very crude stone
implements, probably used for pounding.

35, (46530). Double-handled baking stone; basalt. The use of stones of
this kind will be more particularly noticed hereafter.

36, (46531). Broken rounded mortar; basalt.

37, (47532). A small, oblong, mortar-shaped vessel of lava. The width
three inches, length when unbroken was probably four and a half
inches; width of inside two inches, length probably three and
one-fourth inches, depth of cavity three-fourths of an in