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  IN 
  HOPI 
  WORSHIP 
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  FEWKES. 
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  poses; 
  his 
  idols 
  he 
  carries 
  with 
  him. 
  The 
  technique 
  of 
  these 
  idols 
  

   varies 
  in 
  different 
  clans 
  and 
  furnishes 
  important 
  data 
  in 
  studies 
  of 
  

   clan 
  migration. 
  

  

  In 
  conclusion, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  said 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  difficult 
  to 
  accurately 
  

   define 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  demarcation 
  in 
  the 
  Hopi 
  mind 
  between 
  what 
  would 
  

   ordinarily 
  be 
  called 
  an 
  idol 
  and 
  other 
  sacred 
  or 
  cult 
  material 
  objects 
  

   used 
  in 
  worship. 
  We 
  ordinarily 
  confuse 
  the 
  terms 
  fetish 
  and 
  idol 
  

   but 
  the 
  latter 
  generally 
  has 
  some 
  anthropomorphic 
  or 
  zoomor- 
  

   phic 
  form. 
  The 
  Hopi 
  Snake 
  Dance 
  and 
  attendant 
  secret 
  rites 
  

   are 
  regarded 
  as 
  the 
  oldest 
  in 
  the 
  ritual, 
  a 
  conclusion 
  that 
  comes 
  out 
  

   clearly 
  in 
  the 
  archaic 
  conditions 
  of 
  the 
  altar 
  and 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  

   objects 
  on 
  it. 
  The 
  Antelope 
  altar 
  is 
  conspicuous 
  by 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  

   idols, 
  whereas 
  other 
  great 
  nine-days' 
  ceremonies 
  of 
  the 
  Hopi 
  have 
  

   well 
  made 
  wooden 
  anthropomorphic 
  images 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  graven 
  

   representations 
  of 
  nature 
  power, 
  sun 
  gods, 
  germ 
  gods, 
  and 
  the 
  like. 
  

   These 
  graven 
  idols 
  indicate 
  a 
  late 
  cultus, 
  pointing 
  to 
  a 
  more 
  recent 
  

   development. 
  But 
  it 
  is 
  instructive 
  to 
  notice, 
  in 
  passing, 
  that 
  on 
  the 
  

   Antelope 
  Snake 
  altar 
  the 
  cult 
  ancestors 
  are 
  represented 
  by 
  a 
  boy 
  and 
  

   girl, 
  indicating 
  that, 
  in 
  this 
  instance, 
  the 
  ancient 
  way 
  of 
  represent- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  cult 
  ancestors 
  appears 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  by 
  idols 
  but 
  by 
  human 
  beings 
  

   personating 
  them 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  hand 
  the 
  idols 
  on 
  the 
  Flute 
  altars 
  are 
  

   so 
  well 
  made 
  that 
  they 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  carved 
  out 
  with 
  iron 
  implements. 
  

   In 
  most 
  respects, 
  and 
  especially 
  traditionally, 
  the 
  Snake 
  and 
  Flute 
  

   clans 
  are 
  related. 
  The 
  explanation 
  would 
  naturally 
  be 
  that 
  the 
  re- 
  

   semblances 
  are 
  due 
  to 
  a 
  former 
  life 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  clans 
  together. 
  It 
  

   may 
  be 
  stated 
  as 
  a 
  general 
  law 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  composition 
  of 
  the 
  Hopis 
  

   those 
  clans 
  that 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  South 
  had 
  a 
  much 
  more 
  complicated 
  

   ritual 
  and 
  much 
  more 
  elaborate 
  symbolism 
  depicted 
  on 
  their 
  idols 
  

   than 
  clans 
  from 
  the 
  North 
  or 
  those 
  that 
  originally 
  inhabited 
  the 
  cliff 
  

   houses. 
  The 
  Hopi 
  are 
  the 
  survivors 
  of 
  a 
  prehistoric 
  people 
  on 
  the 
  

   line 
  of 
  fusion 
  of 
  two 
  forms 
  of 
  culture, 
  the 
  pure 
  pueblo 
  of 
  northern 
  

   origin 
  and 
  the 
  now 
  kiva 
  people 
  of 
  the 
  Gila 
  or 
  the 
  South. 
  The 
  earliest 
  

   contact 
  was 
  practically 
  along 
  the 
  Little 
  Colorado 
  valley, 
  where 
  the 
  

   mixed 
  population 
  survived 
  into 
  historic 
  times 
  and 
  whose 
  best 
  present 
  

   survival 
  is 
  the 
  well-known 
  pueblo, 
  Zuiii. 
  Lower 
  down 
  the 
  Little 
  

   Colorado, 
  the 
  settlements 
  were 
  abandoned 
  and 
  their 
  populations 
  

   migrated 
  northward 
  and 
  joined 
  the 
  kiva 
  people 
  or 
  pure 
  pueblos, 
  and 
  

   the 
  mixture 
  still 
  survives 
  as 
  the 
  Hopi 
  Indians 
  of 
  Arizona. 
  

  

  