518 ANNUAL, REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1918. 



Plate 8. Altar of the Flute (Drab) at Oraibi. 



a, Heart of the Sky; anthropomorphic form of Horned Serpent;the zigzag symbols represent lightning; 

 cephalic horn; wings, re; prayer emblem, po, breath feathers carried in left or ceremonialhand. 

 c, Corn slabs of wood. 

 cf, Corn flowers. 



cm, Corn mosaic, made of kernels of corn. 

 /, Heads of grass seeds. 



fh, Idol of Flute hero, offerings in left or ceremonial hand. 

 g, Unknown objects. 

 /, Lightning symbol. 

 m, Symbolic corn plant. 

 p, Wooden base of symbolic corn plant. 

 po, Trayer feathers, 

 r, Falling rain. 



s, Wooden rod supporting altar framework. 

 sm, Sand mosaic. 

 tb, Bird. 



is, Mound of sand to support badge of flute chief, temporarily removed. 

 «', Medicine vase. 



