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  ANNUAL, 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1922. 
  

  

  The 
  Oraibi 
  Snake 
  altar 
  has 
  two 
  idols, 
  differing 
  from 
  that 
  at 
  Walpi 
  

   and 
  the 
  other 
  Hopi 
  pueblos. 
  The 
  rites 
  about 
  it 
  have 
  never 
  been 
  

   observed. 
  9 
  

  

  The 
  idols 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  Warrior 
  priesthoods 
  at 
  Hano 
  and 
  Walpi 
  

   are 
  set 
  up 
  directly 
  after 
  the 
  winter 
  solstice 
  ceremony 
  and 
  consist 
  

   of 
  shapely 
  stone 
  images 
  of 
  Spider 
  Woman 
  and 
  her 
  two 
  offsprings, 
  

   the 
  Twin 
  Gods 
  of 
  War 
  (pi. 
  3, 
  fig. 
  2). 
  When 
  not 
  used 
  these 
  idols 
  are 
  

   in 
  the 
  keeping 
  of 
  the 
  priesthood 
  of 
  the 
  Bow, 
  and 
  the 
  ceremony 
  in 
  

   which 
  they 
  are 
  used 
  is 
  called 
  the 
  Momtcita. 
  10 
  

  

  The 
  secret 
  rites 
  of 
  the 
  Hopi 
  priests 
  are 
  generally 
  conducted 
  in 
  

   special 
  rooms 
  called 
  kivas, 
  of 
  which 
  there 
  are 
  five 
  in 
  Walpi. 
  Mod- 
  

   ern 
  kivas 
  are 
  generally 
  situated 
  in 
  the 
  courts 
  separated 
  from 
  secular 
  

   rooms, 
  but 
  several 
  priesthoods 
  use 
  special 
  rooms, 
  not 
  known 
  as 
  kivas, 
  

   for 
  ceremonials. 
  These 
  rooms 
  are 
  embedded 
  in 
  the 
  house 
  masses, 
  

   generally 
  the 
  rooms 
  of 
  the 
  clan 
  that 
  owns 
  the 
  idols, 
  fetishes, 
  or 
  cere- 
  

   monial 
  paraphernalia 
  of 
  that 
  family. 
  For 
  instance, 
  the 
  Flute 
  room, 
  

   where 
  the 
  Flute 
  idols 
  are 
  kept 
  and 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  Flute 
  altar 
  is 
  erected, 
  

   is 
  a 
  good 
  example 
  of 
  such 
  a 
  type 
  of 
  ceremonial 
  room. 
  The 
  cham- 
  

   ber 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  Sun 
  priests 
  gather 
  and 
  erect 
  their 
  simple 
  altar 
  is 
  

   another 
  instance 
  of 
  a 
  ceremonial 
  room 
  not 
  a 
  kiva. 
  A 
  third 
  example 
  

   of 
  a 
  chamber 
  not 
  a 
  kiva 
  is 
  that 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  Warriors 
  or 
  Priesthood 
  

   of 
  the 
  Bow 
  annually 
  assemble 
  and 
  hold 
  their 
  sacred 
  gatherings. 
  

   This 
  room 
  is 
  seldom 
  opened 
  except 
  on 
  days 
  of 
  war 
  rites, 
  and 
  idols 
  

   are 
  hidden 
  in 
  a 
  recess 
  in 
  its 
  walls. 
  Here 
  they 
  are 
  kept, 
  and 
  in 
  

   midwinter 
  they 
  are 
  taken 
  from 
  their 
  receptacle 
  and 
  arranged 
  as 
  

   an 
  altar. 
  

  

  This 
  room 
  (fig. 
  2) 
  of 
  the 
  Warriors 
  is 
  situated 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  story 
  

   of 
  Walpi 
  directly 
  under 
  the 
  dwelling 
  of 
  the 
  Pakab 
  or 
  Reed 
  people, 
  

   the 
  chief 
  of 
  which 
  inherited 
  the 
  tiponi 
  or 
  badge 
  of 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  

   Warriors. 
  It 
  is 
  entered 
  by 
  a 
  hatchway 
  and 
  is 
  without 
  windows. 
  It 
  

   is 
  rectangular 
  in 
  shape 
  and 
  the 
  niche 
  or 
  sealed 
  recess 
  where 
  the 
  

   idols 
  and 
  other 
  paraphernalia 
  of 
  the 
  Warriors 
  are 
  customarily 
  kept 
  

   in 
  its 
  northeast 
  corner. 
  The 
  length 
  of 
  this 
  room 
  is 
  about 
  double 
  the 
  

   width 
  and 
  its 
  walls 
  are 
  oriented 
  about 
  east 
  and 
  west. 
  The 
  wall 
  

   decoration 
  of 
  this 
  chamber 
  is 
  interesting, 
  corresponding 
  with 
  its 
  use. 
  

   Each 
  wall 
  is 
  painted 
  with 
  a 
  picture 
  of 
  a 
  different 
  animal 
  charac- 
  

   teristic 
  of 
  a 
  cardinal 
  point, 
  and 
  as 
  these 
  animals 
  are 
  realistic 
  enough 
  

   for 
  identification 
  we 
  may 
  conclude 
  what 
  animals 
  are 
  associated 
  with 
  

   the 
  cardinal 
  points. 
  

  

  » 
  A 
  description 
  of 
  this 
  altar 
  by 
  Voth 
  was 
  mainly 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  author's 
  description 
  

   of 
  the 
  Snake 
  altar 
  of 
  the 
  Walpi 
  ceremony. 
  The 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  sand 
  picture 
  of 
  the 
  Snake 
  

   altar 
  at 
  Oraibi 
  by 
  the 
  same 
  author 
  is 
  made 
  from 
  the 
  Walpi 
  altar, 
  not 
  from 
  direct 
  

   observation. 
  

  

  10 
  The 
  ceremonies 
  are 
  described 
  in 
  the 
  author's 
  article, 
  " 
  Hopi 
  Minor 
  Ceremonials," 
  

   Amer. 
  Antb., 
  n. 
  s., 
  vol. 
  v, 
  no. 
  iv. 
  

  

  