A Burial Cave in Baja California Part 6

PLATE 12

_a._ Bone awl or "dagger" (139589b), 16.5 cm. long, 2.2 cm. maximum width, _b._ Bone awl (139589a), 13.5 cm. long, 2.6 cm. maximum width.

_c._ Worked pumice piece (139613), 8 cm. x 4 cm. _d._ Tubular stone pipe (139564), sandstone, 7.7 cm. long, 3.7 cm. diameter. _e._ Tubular stone pipe (139563), sandstone, 29.8 cm. long, 4.4 cm. diameter.

PLATE 13

_a._ Abalone (_Haliotis_ sp.) ornament (139552), 5.3 cm. long, 4.3 cm.

wide. _b._ Fragmentary abalone (_Haliotis_ sp.) ornament (139553), 2.1 cm. present length, 3.9 cm. wide. _c._ Abalone (_Haliotis_ sp.) ornament (139551), 4.6 cm. x 4.8 cm. _d._ _Olivella_ sh.e.l.l beads (139546), same scale as ornaments, with bases and spires ground. _e._ _Olivella_ sh.e.l.l beads with only spires ground. _f._ Fragment of gypsum (139568).

PLATE 14

_a._ Spines of _Viznaga_ cactus (_Echinocactus_ _wislizeni_) (139547), which have been straightened. _b._ Bone flaker (139556), over-all length, 12 cm.; wood, 11.2 cm. long; bone, 3.4 cm. long. _c._ Bone flaker (139557), over-all length, 13.1 cm.; wood, 11.5 cm. long; bone, 5.6 cm. long. _d._ Cord-wrapped stick (139558c), 17.3 cm. long. _e._ Cord-wrapped stick (139558b), 15.8 cm. long. _f._ Cord-wrapped cane (139558d), 10.3 cm. and 5.4 cm. long. _g._ Cord-wrapped hide (139548).

PLATE 15

_a._ Cane arrow or dart with sting-ray spine point (139587), total length of two pieces 92.5 cm. _b._ Two wooden fragments (139586), round in cross section; lengths 58 cm. and 56.5 cm. _c._ Two sticks lashed together (139585a), total length 50 cm. _d._ Cord-wrapped stick (139558a), length 22 cm. _e._ Wooden piece (139559), length 30.5 cm., diameter 8 mm. _f._ Tapered wooden piece (139560), length 38 cm. _g._ Cane whistle (139588b), length 13.5 cm., maximum diameter 1.3 cm. _h._ Cane whistle (139588a), length 22 cm., maximum diameter 1.7 cm. _i._ Bull-roarer (?) (139565), length 23.5 cm., diameter 5.1 cm., thickness 6 mm.

PLATE 16

_a._ Side view of hairnet (139534a). _b._ Cord wrapping on piece of accordion-pleated skin (139555). _c._ Top view of hairnet (139534a).

_d._ Fragment of sewed rush matting (139544), about 50 cm. x 21 cm.

PLATE 17

_a._ Feathered "ap.r.o.n" or "cape" (139535b), 25 cm. x 17.5 cm. _b._ Human hair "cape" (139539), hanks of hair about 6 mm. in diameter, lengths varying from 12.7 cm. to 27.5 cm. _c._ Cotton cloth (139537), warp 25.5 cm., weft 30 cm. _d._ Tump band (139536), largest section 25 cm. long, 7.7 cm. wide.

PLATE 18

_a._ Rim sherd (139614b). _b._ Reconstruction of pot, diameter 27 cm., height 17 cm., thickness about 9 mm.

[Ill.u.s.tration: PLATE 12. STONE AND BONE ARTIFACTS]

[Ill.u.s.tration: PLATE 13. Sh.e.l.l AND STONE ARTIFACTS]

[Ill.u.s.tration: PLATE 14. VEGETABLE AND BONE ARTIFACTS]

[Ill.u.s.tration: PLATE 15. WOODEN ARTIFACTS]

[Ill.u.s.tration: PLATE 16. NETTING, CORDAGE, AND MATTING]

[Ill.u.s.tration: PLATE 17. FEATHERED Ap.r.o.n; HUMAN HAIR CAPE; COTTON CLOTH; TUMP BAND]

[Ill.u.s.tration: PLATE 18. MIDDEN POTSHERD ARTIFACTS]