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>57 -Y°5-!I 2nd veneration, and are seared ignite keenly in inanv instances, ^part krom tdeir ceremonial nses, ever^ kamilv is anxions to own a mortar; dut it is never kept in tde douse or near it, deing Mnerallv duried some distance a wav, and occasionally du§ up and examined. Nortars were used d^ tde sdamans as receptacles in wdicd to keep tdeir most powerful and precious cdarms, especially tde "pains" wdicd tdev sdot at people to cause disease or deatd. Luck "pains" were kept in a mortar, witd anotder mortar inverted over tde Krst, tde wdole carefully secreted in a dollow log or under a large stone at a considerable distance from all daditations or trails. In tde initiation ceremonies ok tde Lecret Lociet^ tde sacred meal used tor sprinkling tde novices must similarly de kept in a mortar, kastlv, tde mortars are generally known dv tde name ok ku'kinim to'ni or i/tum to'ni ('' spirit or pain daskets "), and are okten supposed to de tdemselvss tde adiding-places ok powerkul spirits; altdougd tde deliek in tde mortars' anima tion, and tdeir adilitv to move ok tdcir own accord krom place to place, is not deld dere, as it is among tde Ldasta. 8^ some tde mortars are said to dave deen made d^ tde Lreator, or tde Lovote, at tde time ok tde creation, and scattered over tde world kor tde use ok mankind. II v otdsrs tde^ are supposed to dave deen people originally, during tde dSte'ito, or time ok tde "6rst people," wdo were turned into stone in tdis korm at tde coming ok tde Indian people, wden tde otder "drst people" decame animals. It would seem, tderekore, tdat tde mortars ok wdicd sued large numders dave deen kound, — in man^ cases, it is claimed, in tde gold-dsaring gravels, — and adout wdicd, in tde latter instance, so mucd controversy and discussion dave taken place, were not made d/ tde Naidu, or at least dave not deen made dv tdem witdin tde traditional period. 'tde pestles used kor pounding tde acorn-meal are ok diKerent sires, dut are sudstantiall^ ok tde same tvpe. Oen- erallv cylindrical, witd a circular or oval cross-section, tde^ varv krom Kktsen to tkirt^-Kve centimetres in lengtd, witd a diameter ranging krom six to almost ten centimetres (dig. 8). Occasionally a korm is kound witd a s^uarisd cross-section, dut