NO. IO ARCHEOLOGY OF MIMBRES VALLEY FEWKES 3! 



By far the most unusual group of human forms consists of two 

 figures, one male, the other female, depicted on another bowl. The 

 action in which these two are engaged is evident. The female figure 

 has dependent breasts and wears a girdle. One hand is raised and 

 brought to the face and the other carries a triangular object. The 

 female figure has three parallel marks on the cheek, like the Hopi 

 war-god. Behind the woman are several curved lines depicting 

 unidentified objects. 



The figure shown on one bowl (fig. 18) has several marked fea 

 tures, but the author is unable to suggest any theory of identification. 

 It seems to be a seated figure with a human head, arms, and legs, the 

 toes and fingers being like hands and feet. The forearm is drawn on 

 the shoulder in the same way as in the one of the hunters (fig. 13). 



FIG. 18. Unidentified animal and bowl of unusual form. Oldtown Ruin. 

 (Osborn collection.) 



The eye, nose, and mouth are also human, but the body is more like 

 that of an animal. The appendages back of the head are similar to 

 those interpreted as feathers on the heads of certain animal designs. 

 On the theory that this is a seated human figure it is interesting to 

 speculate on the meaning of the curved object represented on the sur 

 face of the bowl, extending from one hand to the foot. This object 

 has the general form of a rabbit stick or boomerang, still used by the 

 Hopi in rabbit hunting. 1 



1 Rabbits are abundant in the Mimbres Valley and several well-drawn pictures 

 of this animal are found on the pottery. 



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