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tied to the extremity of a crooked stick forming" a kind of rattle. In 

 the Flute Ceremony a crooked stick is said to be used to draw down 

 the clouds when the rain they contain is much desired. 



Figure 16 is a representation of one of the crooks which was 

 specially made for use in the Soyaluiia at Walpi, in 1900. Similar 

 crooks were set upright in a low mound of sand on the floors of all 

 the kivas. Extending from the base of the crook to the ladder there 



Fig. 16. — Hopi curved stick. Length 8". 



was sprinkled a line of meal called the road (of blessings) , over which 

 was stretched a feathered string attached to the end of the crook. 

 Midway in the length of the crook was attached a packet of prayer 

 meal wrapped in cornhusk and a feather of the hawk, a bird dear to 

 warriors, and other objects, which indicated a prayer offering. At 

 the termination of ceremonies in which these crooks are made and 

 blessed as prayer emblems by the Hopi they are deposited in shrines 

 as recorded. 



