﻿IDOLS 
  IN 
  HOPI 
  WORSHIP 
  — 
  FEWKES. 
  

  

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  The 
  author 
  has 
  already 
  alluded 
  to 
  the 
  idols 
  on 
  the 
  altars 
  of 
  the 
  

   Flute 
  priests 
  in 
  his 
  article 
  on 
  Sun 
  Worship. 
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  The 
  Flute 
  altars 
  have 
  

   anthropomorphic 
  images 
  representing 
  the 
  Flute 
  Youth 
  and 
  Maid, 
  as 
  

   well 
  as 
  the 
  Germ 
  idol. 
  The 
  former 
  are 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  accompanying 
  

   figure 
  (pi. 
  5), 
  one 
  representing 
  the 
  Flute 
  Youth, 
  the 
  other 
  the 
  

   Flute 
  Maid. 
  Wooden 
  images 
  of 
  birds 
  are 
  frequently 
  found 
  on 
  Hopi 
  

   altars 
  and 
  likewise 
  occur 
  in 
  ruins 
  situated 
  along 
  the 
  San 
  Juan 
  River. 
  

  

  Traces 
  of 
  sun 
  worship 
  in 
  the 
  numerous 
  rites 
  of 
  the 
  Flute 
  ceremony 
  

   are 
  many 
  and 
  highly 
  significant, 
  emphasizing 
  the 
  tradition 
  that 
  the 
  

   Flute 
  people, 
  like 
  the 
  Patki 
  or 
  Raincloud 
  clans, 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  south 
  

   and 
  joined 
  the 
  Snake 
  and 
  other 
  northern 
  clans 
  in 
  prehistoric 
  times. 
  

   Later 
  the 
  Flute 
  clans 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  northern 
  

   clans, 
  to 
  be 
  reunited 
  at 
  Walpi, 
  where 
  they 
  have 
  

   since 
  lived 
  in 
  harmony, 
  forming 
  a 
  homogeneous 
  

   people. 
  The 
  Flute 
  legends 
  have 
  many 
  similari- 
  

   ties 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Snake 
  fraternity, 
  which 
  

   leads 
  to 
  the 
  belief 
  that 
  they 
  lived 
  some 
  time 
  

  

  Fig. 
  5. 
  — 
  Idol 
  of 
  the 
  

   Germ 
  God, 
  Muy- 
  

   inwu. 
  From 
  wing 
  

   of 
  the 
  reredos 
  of 
  

   Marau 
  altar. 
  

  

  together. 
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  Winter 
  solstice 
  altar 
  (Hano). 
  — 
  The 
  most 
  strik- 
  

   ing 
  idol 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  winter 
  solstice 
  ceremonial 
  is 
  an 
  

   effigy 
  of 
  the 
  Plumed 
  Serpent, 
  which 
  is 
  also 
  used 
  in 
  

   the 
  spring 
  equinoctial 
  ceremon} 
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  . 
  This 
  has 
  al- 
  

   ready 
  been 
  described 
  and 
  figured 
  in 
  the 
  author's 
  

   pamphlet 
  on 
  Sun 
  Worship 
  of 
  the 
  Hopi 
  Indians. 
  

   These 
  idols 
  are 
  effigies 
  manufactured 
  from 
  va- 
  

   rious 
  materials. 
  At 
  every 
  celebration 
  of 
  the 
  

   vernal 
  equinox 
  and 
  winter 
  solstice 
  they 
  are 
  

   mended, 
  repainted, 
  and 
  adorned 
  with 
  fresh 
  

   feathers. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  archaic 
  rites 
  performed 
  in 
  

   the 
  vernal 
  equinox 
  ceremony 
  in 
  March 
  is 
  the 
  visit 
  

   made 
  by 
  the 
  guardians 
  of 
  these 
  snakes 
  to 
  the 
  

   Sun 
  Spring, 
  their 
  home 
  or 
  shrine. 
  They 
  are 
  laid 
  on 
  the 
  bank 
  of 
  

   this 
  spring 
  with 
  their 
  heads 
  reaching 
  to 
  the 
  water, 
  into 
  which 
  

   their 
  tongues 
  hang, 
  and 
  prayers 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  them 
  before 
  they 
  are 
  

   carried 
  into 
  the 
  kivas. 
  

  

  Idols 
  are 
  not 
  necessarily 
  made 
  of 
  stone, 
  clay, 
  or 
  wood, 
  but 
  may 
  

   be 
  effigies 
  constructed 
  of 
  other 
  materials. 
  Each 
  of 
  these 
  idols 
  in 
  the 
  

   Walpi 
  variant 
  of 
  the 
  winter 
  solstice 
  ceremony 
  is 
  an 
  effigy 
  composed 
  

   of 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  hoops 
  over 
  which 
  is 
  tied 
  a 
  buckskin 
  or 
  cloth 
  cover 
  

   representing 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  a 
  serpent, 
  while 
  the 
  head 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  a 
  

   painted 
  gourd, 
  the 
  whole 
  decorated 
  with 
  symbolic 
  markings. 
  

  

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  The 
  contents 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  bundles 
  are 
  enumerated 
  in 
  the 
  author's 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  

   Lakone 
  altar, 
  Amer. 
  Anth., 
  1892. 
  

  

  "There 
  is 
  a 
  ruin 
  north 
  of 
  Walpi, 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  their 
  former 
  habitation, 
  called 
  

   Lefianobi, 
  the 
  House 
  of 
  the 
  Flutes. 
  

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