Note 20 — PARAPHERNALIA

Stevenson, in speaking of the making of pottery at Santa Clara, mentions “the process of polishing—with smooth, fine-grained stones”, (1883, p. 331). In his catalogue of stone objects collected at Zuñi in 1881, he differentiates between “small stones used in polishing pottery”, “small stones used in polishing unburned vessels”, and the “small polisher for glazing and smoothing pottery”, giving three different Indian names for the three kinds. He does not, however, explain the difference (1884, pp. 525, 526). He also catalogues “fifteen rubbing or smoothing stones for pottery” obtained at Walpi (1884, p. 587). Mrs. Stevenson remarked: “Polishing stones are used to finish the surface” of vessels at Zuñi (1904, p. 375).