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BULLETIN 87, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



tioii of the handle show that the paho was attached to a more compli- 

 cated structure, probably a headdress. The object probably repre- 

 sents a sun shield with feathers, familiar in 

 Hopi symbolism. (Cat. No. 35264, U.S.N.M. ; 

 length, 91 inches; width, 4f inches.) A small 

 joined wood shield or flower painted green 

 and white is shown in figure 221. 



Parts of these bird figures of jointed wood 

 are shown in figures 1 to 4 and 8, plate 22, 

 and probably figures 7 and 9, of sewed tablets, 

 are incomplete figures. Figure 10 appears to 

 be a feather. Figures 5 and 6 represent plume 

 pahos, or possibly a rude conception of a bird. 

 The long tablet to 

 the right (fig. 11) 

 appears to bear bird 

 symbolism. It is a 

 thin strip split 

 from yucca or dasy- 

 lirion flower stalk, 

 smoothed and paint- 

 ed red and having 

 a zigzag design in 

 black or green at 

 three equal inter- 

 vals of the strip. 

 The upper end is 

 perforated for at- 

 tachment, and a portion of the cord still 

 remains. The lower end is formed into a 

 taillike shape. ( Cat. No. 246577, U.S.N.M. ; 

 length, 32 inches; width, 1 inch.) 



Figure 10 on plate 26 is a bird figure 

 and 11 to 14, 16, 19, 

 and 20 appear to 

 represent feathers. 



FIRE PAHOS. 



Fig. 219. — Plumes on bird 

 PAHO FEOM Silver City, 

 New Mexico. 



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Fig. 220. — Plumes on bird paho 

 FROM Silver City, New 



It is apparent to ^^^^•^°- 

 anyone familiar with the archeology of the 

 ancient Pueblos that the cult of fire was of 

 ftg. 221.— Disk of painted very great significance. Every grave that is 



WOOD FROM Bear Creek -, 1 xi-i ii iii 



Q^^^ opened shows that ashes and charcoal had an 



important part in mortuary rites and gives 



evidence that a grave fire was a feature of early burials. The burial of 



infants under or near the hearth was a common method of interment, 



