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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1922. 
  

  

  of 
  a 
  higher 
  and 
  more 
  potent 
  magic 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  accomplish 
  the 
  de- 
  

   sired 
  end. 
  Religion 
  among 
  primitive 
  men 
  may 
  be 
  regarded 
  from 
  

   the 
  point 
  of 
  view 
  of 
  symbolism, 
  and 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  use 
  this 
  effectively 
  

   they 
  are 
  accustomed 
  to 
  present 
  the 
  powers 
  of 
  nature 
  by 
  symbolic 
  

   means, 
  representing 
  them 
  either 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  figures 
  or 
  as 
  en- 
  

   graved 
  images 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  name 
  idol 
  is 
  commonly 
  given. 
  An 
  idol, 
  

   in 
  other 
  words, 
  is 
  an 
  image 
  made 
  of 
  wood, 
  clay, 
  or 
  stone, 
  in 
  the 
  

   form 
  of 
  a 
  human 
  or 
  animal 
  shape, 
  supposed 
  from 
  its 
  antiquity, 
  form, 
  

   or 
  symbolism 
  to 
  possess 
  the 
  power 
  of 
  the 
  god 
  it 
  represents 
  and 
  

   capable 
  of 
  being 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  bringing 
  about 
  of 
  desired 
  results. 
  

  

  Formerly 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  unusual 
  to 
  see 
  a 
  stone 
  image 
  or 
  idol 
  in 
  every 
  

   -Pueblo 
  dwelling 
  room. 
  This 
  domestic 
  idol 
  (pi. 
  2, 
  fig. 
  2) 
  was 
  often 
  

   of 
  crude 
  construction, 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  an 
  animalistic 
  or 
  anthropo- 
  

   morphic 
  being. 
  In 
  the 
  house 
  of 
  Intiwa, 
  the 
  Katcina 
  chief, 
  5 
  there 
  for- 
  

   merly 
  stood 
  a 
  stone 
  idol 
  of 
  the 
  war 
  god, 
  and 
  there 
  was 
  an 
  idol 
  of 
  

   the 
  mountain 
  lion 
  in 
  the 
  house 
  of 
  the 
  Sun 
  priest. 
  At 
  the 
  present 
  

   time 
  there 
  are 
  few 
  of 
  these 
  domestic 
  idols 
  remaining, 
  for 
  zealous 
  

   collectors 
  from 
  eastern 
  museums 
  have 
  purchased 
  them 
  or 
  they 
  have 
  

   been 
  hidden 
  away 
  by 
  the 
  owners 
  in 
  some 
  remote 
  corner 
  of 
  the 
  house- 
  

   hold. 
  Formerly 
  these 
  idols 
  were 
  not 
  only 
  at 
  times 
  sprinkled 
  with 
  

   prayer 
  meal 
  but 
  also 
  daily 
  worshiped 
  by 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  house- 
  

   hold 
  and 
  prayer 
  feathers 
  tied 
  around 
  their 
  necks. 
  Food 
  was 
  gener- 
  

   ally 
  found 
  clinging 
  to 
  their 
  lips, 
  indicating 
  that 
  there 
  survived 
  into 
  

   modern 
  times 
  the 
  custom 
  of 
  feeding 
  them 
  which 
  was 
  practiced 
  before 
  

   the 
  coming 
  of 
  the 
  whites. 
  

  

  Idols 
  in 
  shrines. 
  — 
  The 
  idols 
  found 
  in 
  shrines 
  near 
  Walpi 
  are 
  gen- 
  

   erally 
  more 
  archaic 
  than 
  those 
  used 
  on 
  altars 
  in 
  kivas 
  and 
  are 
  made 
  

   of 
  stone, 
  rarely 
  of 
  wood 
  and 
  clay. 
  They 
  are 
  sometimes 
  simply 
  

   strangely 
  formed 
  waterworn 
  stones, 
  more 
  like 
  fetishes. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  a 
  well-made 
  idol 
  near 
  the 
  stairway 
  trail 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  

   of 
  the 
  mesa, 
  which 
  is 
  called 
  Talatumsi 
  (the 
  Elder 
  Sister 
  of 
  the 
  Dawn, 
  

   planet 
  Venus) 
  . 
  This 
  shrine 
  is 
  a 
  rude 
  excavation 
  made 
  by 
  man 
  in 
  a 
  

   bowlder, 
  its 
  opening 
  being 
  closed 
  by 
  a 
  flat 
  slab 
  of 
  rock 
  that 
  serves 
  as 
  

   a 
  door, 
  which 
  is 
  ordinarily 
  luted 
  in 
  place 
  with 
  clay. 
  This 
  door 
  is 
  

   removed 
  in 
  November 
  every 
  fourth 
  year, 
  when 
  the 
  idol 
  in 
  the 
  shrine 
  

   is 
  taken 
  out 
  and 
  carried, 
  with 
  considerable 
  ceremony, 
  to 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  

   the 
  mesa 
  ; 
  here 
  it 
  is 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  kiva 
  hatches 
  and 
  rites 
  performed 
  

   near 
  it. 
  This 
  idol 
  of 
  Talatumsi 
  is 
  a 
  wooden 
  image 
  dressed 
  in 
  a 
  white 
  

   ceremonial 
  blanket, 
  with 
  an 
  embroidered 
  sash 
  about 
  her 
  waist, 
  in 
  

   which 
  are 
  put 
  the 
  wooden 
  prayer 
  offerings 
  that 
  are 
  every 
  four 
  years 
  

   made 
  to 
  her 
  (pi. 
  2, 
  fig. 
  1). 
  At 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  rites 
  around 
  the 
  kiva 
  

   entrance 
  the 
  image 
  is 
  carried 
  back 
  to 
  her 
  shrine 
  and 
  the 
  door 
  luted 
  

   in 
  place, 
  awaiting 
  the 
  next 
  quadrennial 
  emergence. 
  As 
  this 
  image 
  

   is 
  very 
  sacred, 
  it 
  is 
  rarely 
  exhibited, 
  and 
  no 
  one 
  save 
  the 
  initiated 
  

   is 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  acquainted 
  with 
  her 
  shrine. 
  

  

  * 
  When 
  tlie 
  author 
  last 
  visited 
  Walpi 
  this 
  house 
  was 
  deserted 
  and 
  falling 
  into 
  ruins. 
  

  

  