Pepper, George H. (George Hubbard), 1873-1924 · [Place of publication not identified] · leaf 10
be brought from a distance and, as it is one of the principal ingredients, it is care¬ fully prepared. A large buckskin is spread upon the floor of the hogan and upon it a stone slab is placed. The squaw now assumes a kneeling posture and, with a combination hammer and grinding stone, proceeds to… … THE HAMMER END OF THE STONE IS AGAIN BROUGHT INTO PLAY THIS TIME AS A PULVERIZER taken if the pieces are to be kept from flying beyond the limits of the buckskin, hence the hammer strokes are short ones and are more in the form of a crushing movement than of a blow. When the bark has been reduced…
Dyes and dyeing · Navajo Indians
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