The Zuni Indians, represented in the eighth family group, live in pueblos on the tablelands of western New Mexico and stand for the sedentary town-building type of the Pueblo region. They were visited at the beginning of the 16th century by the earliest Spanish explorers, and have been a subject of study by ethnologists for many years. They dress in woolen clothing, are agriculturists as well as herdsmen, and make excellent belts, blankets, and pottery. At the same time they are devoted to their ancient religion. This group includes in the foreground a young women engaged in weaving one of the artistic belts used for the waist. At the right is seated an old truth occupied in drilling a bit of stone with the ordinary pump drill. His dress is that worn during the Spanish period. Near the middle of the group stands a young girl in the usual costume who has just returned from the spring, bearing upon her head a water vessel. On the right are two children interested in their frugal meal.