Pl. XLIII. PowALAwu Altar. 



EXPLANATION OF THE ALTAR. 



1. Sun symbol with a quartz crystal in the center. 



2. The rays of the sun. 



3. The four world quarters, the yellow representing the north; the green, 

 the west; the red, the south; the white, the east; the black, the above; and the 

 field itself probably the below. 



4. Not identified, probably thunderbolts. 



5. Baho stands, with the following variations: The one on the north side 

 contains a sprig of shiwahpi (Bigelovia Bigelovii) and a yellow single baho stick. 

 The one on the west a sprig of howakpi (Artemisia filifolia) and a green stick. 

 The one on the south a sprig of hunwi (Fallugia paradoxa) and a red stick. The 

 one on the east a sprig of massishiwahpi (Bigelovia Bigelovii). The Hopi make 

 a distinction between this Bigelovia and that on the north side, the latter plant 

 being smaller than the other. 



6. Food balls, made of sweet corn-meal. 



7. Reed tubes containing small oriole feathers. 



8. Balls made of clay and painted black; to be offered to the sand- 

 storm god. 



9. Reed tubes containing small blue-bird feathers. 



10. Corn husk with some corn-meal and a mouse. 



11. Spear heads. 



12. Medicine bowl and aspergill. 



13. Tray with meal made of various seeds. 



14. Tray with bahos (prayer sticks). 



15. The Natsi (standard) of the Powamu fraternity. 



16. Eagle wing bone whistle. 



17. Tiponi, the palladium of the chief Powamu priest. 



