Mercer Tiles
Native Americans 2
Indian Grinding Corn
A woman uses a stone dish and a stone pestle to pound grains of maize.
A woman uses a stone dish and a stone pestle to pound grains of maize.
Indian Hoeing Corn
A woman digs around a maize plant with a stone hoe with no handle.
A woman digs around a maize plant with a stone hoe with no handle.
Indian Smoking Tobacco
Tobacco leaves were combined with other aromatic leaves and herbs, and smoked in small quantities.
Tobacco leaves were combined with other aromatic leaves and herbs, and smoked in small quantities.
The Early Use of Tobacco
An Indian priest blows the smoke of herbs through a tube of stone or clay.
An Indian priest blows the smoke of herbs through a tube of stone or clay.
Indian Quarrying Jasper
This man pries jasper from a stone ledge using a wooden crowbar.
All images courtesy of Mrs. Maureen Book.
This man pries jasper from a stone ledge using a wooden crowbar.
All images courtesy of Mrs. Maureen Book.