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  HOPI 
  WORSHIP 
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  FEWKES. 
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  Talatumsi 
  is 
  related 
  to 
  one 
  of 
  two 
  wooden 
  idols 
  called 
  Alosaka 
  

   (germ 
  god) 
  that 
  were 
  formerly 
  worshiped 
  by 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  

   Awatobi. 
  Up 
  to 
  the 
  year 
  1888 
  these 
  stood 
  in 
  a 
  little 
  cave 
  under 
  the 
  

   rim 
  rock 
  at 
  that 
  ruin 
  and, 
  although 
  the 
  pueblo 
  was 
  deserted 
  in 
  1700, 
  

   were 
  objects 
  of 
  reverence; 
  but 
  on 
  that 
  year 
  Navajos, 
  not 
  knowing 
  

   that 
  these 
  images 
  were 
  still 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  Hopi, 
  desecrated 
  their 
  shrine, 
  

   carried 
  away 
  the 
  idols, 
  and 
  sold 
  them 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Thomas 
  Keam, 
  who 
  

   deposited 
  them 
  in 
  his 
  store 
  in 
  Keams 
  Canyon, 
  some 
  8 
  miles 
  away. 
  

   When 
  the 
  Hopi 
  of 
  the 
  Middle 
  Mesa 
  heard 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  they 
  appeared 
  

   in 
  force 
  at 
  the 
  store, 
  demanding 
  the 
  idols, 
  which 
  they 
  held 
  in 
  great 
  

   reverence. 
  Mr. 
  Keam, 
  being 
  a 
  man 
  of 
  broad 
  appreciation, 
  delivered 
  

   the 
  images 
  to 
  the 
  chiefs 
  of 
  the 
  Middle 
  Mesa, 
  who 
  made 
  a 
  broad 
  trail 
  

   of 
  meal, 
  reaching 
  from 
  his 
  house 
  to 
  the 
  Middle 
  Mesa, 
  over 
  which 
  

   the 
  idols 
  were 
  carried 
  to 
  a 
  new 
  shrine 
  near 
  the 
  village, 
  where 
  they 
  

   are 
  now 
  kept 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  cave. 
  

  

  Before 
  the 
  coming 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  people 
  there 
  were 
  several 
  other 
  

   shrines 
  situated 
  near 
  by 
  or 
  a 
  considerable 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  pueblos, 
  

   but 
  of 
  late 
  all 
  have 
  been 
  brought 
  nearer 
  the 
  village 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  pro- 
  

   tect 
  them 
  from 
  desecration 
  by 
  alien 
  people, 
  who 
  have 
  rifled 
  many 
  

   shrines 
  for 
  commercial 
  purposes. 
  6 
  

  

  A 
  shrine 
  in 
  which 
  were 
  formerly 
  kept 
  the 
  effigies 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  

   Serpent 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  those 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  moved 
  nearer 
  to 
  the 
  mesa, 
  

   and 
  the 
  serpent 
  effigies 
  when 
  used 
  are 
  taken 
  from 
  their 
  present 
  

   receptacle, 
  although 
  in 
  commemoration 
  of 
  their 
  past 
  history 
  an 
  offer- 
  

   ing 
  is 
  made 
  and 
  prayers 
  are 
  annually 
  said 
  at 
  their 
  original 
  home. 
  

  

  A 
  coiled 
  or 
  screw-like 
  idol 
  (pi. 
  3, 
  fig. 
  1), 
  called 
  a 
  "heart 
  twister," 
  

   occupies 
  the 
  central 
  position 
  in 
  a 
  line 
  of 
  images 
  before 
  the 
  reredos 
  of 
  

   the 
  altar 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  basket 
  dances. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  by 
  the 
  Hopi 
  shamans 
  

   that 
  in 
  certain 
  diseases 
  the 
  heart 
  is 
  twisted 
  out 
  of 
  position, 
  and 
  by 
  

   waving 
  this 
  object 
  in 
  a 
  circle 
  over 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  sufferer 
  the 
  heart 
  

   can 
  be 
  restored 
  to 
  its 
  natural 
  position. 
  

  

  These 
  idols 
  are 
  known 
  as 
  "twisters" 
  (pi. 
  3, 
  fig. 
  1), 
  one 
  of 
  which, 
  

   found 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  prehistoric 
  pueblo, 
  Awatobi, 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  

   Ethnological 
  Museum 
  at 
  Berlin, 
  Germany. 
  This 
  idol 
  is 
  like 
  a 
  stone 
  

   screw, 
  about 
  1£ 
  feet 
  high. 
  Around 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  spiral 
  groove 
  ; 
  white, 
  red, 
  

   and 
  green 
  bands 
  run 
  around 
  it 
  like 
  stripes 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  colors 
  on 
  a 
  

   barber's 
  pole. 
  This 
  idol 
  was 
  probably 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  same 
  purpose 
  as 
  

   the 
  so-called 
  " 
  heart 
  twister 
  " 
  on 
  a 
  modern 
  Hopi 
  altar, 
  which 
  legends 
  

   declare 
  a 
  priestess 
  saved 
  in 
  the 
  massacre 
  and 
  introduced 
  into 
  Walpi 
  

   from 
  Awatobi, 
  near 
  which 
  ill-fated 
  pueblo 
  this 
  idol 
  was 
  found. 
  On 
  

   the 
  wagon 
  trail 
  to 
  Hano 
  there 
  is 
  another 
  of 
  these 
  " 
  twisters," 
  a 
  coiled 
  

   cast 
  of 
  a 
  cephalopod 
  shell 
  that 
  has 
  for 
  years 
  stood 
  in 
  a 
  shrine 
  or 
  rude 
  

   cairn 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  road, 
  halfway 
  to 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  mesa 
  from 
  

   the 
  plain. 
  

  

  8 
  The 
  desecration 
  of 
  the 
  Hopi 
  shrines 
  and 
  abstraction 
  of 
  their 
  idols 
  have 
  been 
  much 
  

   resented 
  by 
  the 
  priests. 
  

  

  