ANGIENr PUEBLOS OP UPPEK GILA BEGION. 



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A strand of colored cotton cord in figure 7, or a wrapping at the 

 top and at the middle may be seen in figure 8, or they are wound 

 with black, white, red, and yellow cotton cord, as in figures 1, 2, 

 and 3. They are sometimes quite large, as in figure 10, and the 

 smooth pahos are painted red. Very few pahos carved to represent 

 the human face were found. Two examples are shown 

 in figures 192 and 193, and the side views in figures 196 

 and 197. Length, 17 and 19 inches. Cat. No. 245989-90, 

 U.S.N.M. 



CROOK PAHOS. 



Among the Hopi and Zuni certain paraphernalia 

 used in religious ceremonies are in the form of crooks 



of bent wood. They also ap- 

 pear among the Kio Grande 

 Pueblos. This object is one 

 of the pahos of- 

 fered by the Zuni, 

 and it is said to 

 symbolize old age 

 or longevity, the 

 idea being a de- 



187. 



188. 



189. 



190. 



191. 



Figs, 187-188, 191. — Twig pahos from Bear Creek Cave. 

 Figs. 189, 190. — Reed pahos from Bear Creek Cave. 



sire to live until the back is bent with age. Another object like 

 the crook is the rattle of the Zuni rain priests of the nadir deco- 

 rated with feathers from which shells are suspended, forming a 

 ceremonial rattle, and a similar rattle is used in the Hopi Flute 

 ceremony. Among the Hopi, crooks are mounted in clay pedes- 

 tals and placed before the altar of the Antelope Fraternity in the 



