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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1922. 
  

  

  feather, 
  which 
  is 
  breathed 
  upon 
  and 
  tied 
  either 
  about 
  the 
  neck 
  or 
  

   attached 
  to 
  the 
  belt 
  of 
  an 
  idol. 
  

  

  The 
  mouths 
  of 
  domestic 
  idols 
  have 
  fragments 
  of 
  food 
  adhering 
  to 
  

   their 
  lips, 
  showing 
  it 
  was 
  customary 
  to 
  offer 
  nourishment 
  or 
  to 
  

   feed 
  them; 
  but 
  the 
  habit 
  of 
  feeding 
  Hopi 
  idols 
  is 
  not 
  now 
  as 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  as 
  formerly. 
  It 
  is 
  true 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  very 
  few 
  idols 
  now 
  stand- 
  

   ing 
  in 
  the 
  corners 
  of 
  living 
  rooms, 
  although 
  in 
  1890 
  the 
  author 
  knew 
  

   of 
  several 
  of 
  these 
  household 
  images, 
  which 
  have 
  gone 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  

   many 
  other 
  Hopi 
  specimens; 
  the 
  museum 
  collector 
  has 
  purchased 
  and 
  

   carried 
  them 
  off, 
  thus 
  transporting 
  them 
  from 
  their 
  natural 
  en- 
  

   vironment 
  to 
  beautiful 
  cases 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  exhibited, 
  often 
  without 
  

   explanations 
  of 
  their 
  significance. 
  

  

  Conclusions. 
  — 
  Do 
  the 
  preceding 
  pages 
  have 
  any 
  bearing 
  on 
  the 
  

   questions 
  so 
  frequently 
  asked: 
  Who 
  were 
  the 
  Hopi 
  and 
  whence 
  did 
  

   they 
  originate? 
  Does 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  their 
  idols 
  throw 
  any 
  light 
  

   on 
  Hopi 
  history 
  before 
  they 
  were 
  discovered 
  by 
  Tobar 
  in 
  1540? 
  

  

  On 
  comparison 
  of 
  the 
  simplest 
  form 
  of 
  stone 
  idols 
  here 
  considered 
  

   with 
  those 
  from 
  ruins 
  along 
  the 
  San 
  Juan 
  River 
  and 
  its 
  tributaries 
  

   we 
  find 
  the 
  resemblance 
  close, 
  almost 
  identical 
  ; 
  but 
  we 
  also 
  find 
  some 
  

   of 
  them 
  have 
  a 
  close 
  likeness 
  to 
  idols 
  found 
  in 
  ruins 
  south 
  and 
  east 
  

   of 
  the 
  present 
  site 
  of 
  Walpi. 
  The 
  difference 
  in 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  idols 
  can 
  

   be 
  in 
  part 
  explained 
  by 
  age 
  but 
  mainly 
  from 
  their 
  geographical 
  

   derivation. 
  In 
  this 
  connection 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  noted 
  that 
  the 
  priesthoods 
  

   that 
  own 
  these 
  idols 
  and 
  control 
  the 
  rites 
  about 
  them 
  claim 
  they 
  are 
  

   related 
  to 
  clans 
  that 
  declare 
  they 
  migrated 
  from 
  the 
  region 
  inhabited 
  

   by 
  people 
  that 
  have 
  closely 
  related 
  idols. 
  In 
  other 
  words, 
  arche- 
  

   ology 
  affords 
  strong 
  evidence 
  oi 
  derivation 
  of 
  cult 
  objects 
  used 
  in 
  

   the 
  religious 
  system 
  of 
  the 
  Hopi 
  from 
  different 
  directions, 
  thus 
  sup- 
  

   porting 
  their 
  migration 
  legends. 
  Relations 
  of 
  idols 
  can 
  be 
  used 
  to 
  

   ident 
  i 
  I'y 
  former 
  homes 
  of 
  the 
  separate 
  components 
  of 
  the 
  Walpi 
  popu- 
  

   lation. 
  They 
  furnish 
  evidence 
  that 
  the 
  Hopi 
  are 
  a 
  composite 
  race 
  or 
  

   that 
  the 
  population 
  of 
  Walpi 
  is 
  a 
  blend 
  or 
  mixture 
  of 
  peoples 
  that 
  

   came 
  to 
  the 
  East 
  Mesa 
  from 
  different 
  directions, 
  as 
  shown 
  in 
  an 
  

   article 
  on 
  Tusayan 
  Migration 
  published 
  elsewhere. 
  23 
  

  

  The 
  forms, 
  decorations, 
  and 
  material 
  from 
  which 
  idols 
  are 
  manu- 
  

   factured, 
  like 
  secular 
  portable 
  utensils 
  and 
  implements, 
  can 
  be 
  used 
  

   by 
  the 
  archeologist 
  as 
  data 
  bearing 
  on 
  prehistoric 
  migrations 
  of 
  

   groups 
  of 
  Indians. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  objects 
  an 
  Indian 
  priest 
  would 
  

   throw 
  away 
  as 
  he 
  migrated 
  from 
  place 
  to 
  place 
  would 
  be 
  his 
  idols. 
  

   Other 
  things 
  he 
  might 
  leave 
  behind, 
  but 
  his 
  gods, 
  never. 
  So 
  attached 
  

   is 
  he 
  to 
  localities 
  once 
  his 
  home 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  often 
  taken 
  the 
  trails 
  

   back 
  ; 
  he 
  often 
  visits 
  ancestral 
  springs 
  to 
  get 
  water 
  for 
  religious 
  pur- 
  

  

  " 
  19th 
  Aim. 
  Bept. 
  Bur. 
  Amer. 
  Ethu. 
  

  

  