ILLUSTRATIONS 
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(All plates except frontispiece follow page 336) 
Frontispiece. South Plaza, Sia, about 1880. 
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Altar of Flint society, showing Chinese lions. 
Aerial view of Sia Pueblo. (Courtesy Stanley Stubbs and University of 
Oklahoma Press.) 
. a, Sia turquoise kiva. b, Wall painting on Sia turquoise kiva. 
. The church of Sia, 1900 (Vroman). 
. The governor of Sia, 1900 (Vroman). 
. a, Anthropomorphic figure of calcite with terraced headdress; turquoise eyes 
and mouth. Height, 7 inches. (USNM 133761.) 6, Animal figure of 
fine-grained marble; turquoise eyes. Length, 7 inches; height, 1% 
inches. (USNM 133772.) c, Animal figure of volcanic tuff. Length, 
4 inches. (USNM 133798.) 
a, Natural formation of ferruginous sandstone. Length, 13% inches. 
(USNM 133840.) 6, Sandstone animal figure. Length, 12 inches; 
height, 3% inches. (USNM 133774.) 
a, “Kachina” figure of Mexican onyx (calcium carbonate or ‘‘cave marble’”’). 
Height 2% inches. (USNM 133770.) 6, Human or “kachina”’ figure of 
calcite. Height 3% inches. (USNM 133804.) c, Grooved ax of silli- 
manite (aluminum silicate). Length, 434 inches; width, 2% inches (maxi- 
mum); thickness, 1% inches (maximum). (USNM 133765.) d, Natural 
formation of fine-grained sandstone. Height, 3% inches. (USNM 
176386.) 
a, Kachina 6wak (baby). Height, 74 inches. (USNM 133854.) 6, Tur- 
quoise pumpdrill. Height, 15 inches. (USNM 134170.) 
a, Fossil snail (Volutoderma) from Mesa Verde sandstones (Late Upper 
Cretaceous). Length, 2% inches; width, 1% inches. (USNM 133839.) 
b, Knife of jasperized (fossil) wood. Length, 4 inches; width, 1%. 
inches (maximum). (USNM 234751.) c, Calcite concretion. Maxi- 
mum diameter, 3.5 inches. (USNM 133775.) 
a, Animal figure of fine-grained white marble, said to represent a shrew. 
Length, 2% inches. (USNM 152580.) 6, Animal figure of Mexican 
onyx. Length, 24 inches. (USNM 133810.) c, Animal figure of fine 
white-grained marble. Length, 25% inches. (USNM 133781.) d, 
Animal figure of white fine-grained marble; turquoise eyes. Length, 
3% inches. (USNM 152739.) e, Seated anthropomorphic figure of 
volcanic tuff; unspun cotton tied around the middle with cotton cord. 
Height, 4% inches. (USNM 133766.) jf, Anthropomorphie figure of 
calcite. Height, 4% inches. (USNM 133787.) g, Anthropomorphic 
figure of volcanic tuff; abalone shell eyes and mouth; bead necklace. 
Height, 4% inches. (USNM 133808.) 
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