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Then followed an interval of song and accompanying rattle, at the termination of 
which Intiwa’s associate took the bird whistle (tatiikpi) and blew three times into 
the liquid, making a noise not unlike that produced by a toy bird whistle. This 
was repeated four times, accompanied by song and rattle. He first inserted the 
bone whistle on the north side, then on the other cardinal points in turn. The 
monotonous song and rattle then ceased, and Intiwa sprinkled corn pollen on the 
ears of corn in the water, and upon the line of pahos. 
The object of the whistle is to call the summer birds which are 
associated with planting and harvesting. The whistle figures in many 
rites, especially in those connected with the making of medicine or 
charm liquid. 
a MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS 
ORNAMENTS IN THE FORM OF BIRDS AND SHELLS 
In the excavations, as well as on the surface of the mounds at Awa- 
tobi, were found many imitations of marine shells made of clay, often 
painted red and ranging from the size of half a dollar to that of the 
thumb nail (plate CLXx1m, j-m). On the convex surface of these objects 
parallel lines are etched, and they are pierced at the valves for suspen- 
sion. I have never found them suspended from the 1eek of a skeleton, 
although their general appearance indicates that they were used as 
ornaments. Similarly made clay images of birds (plate CLXxIM, g, h, 7) 
with extended wings were also found, and of these there are several 
different forms in the collection. A small perforated knob at the breast 
served for attachment. In the absence of any better explanation of 
these objects, I have regarded them as gorgets, or pendauts, for per- 
sonal decoration. 
In the Awatobi collections there are several small disks made appar- 
ently of pipe clay, which also were probably used as ornaments. These 
are very smooth and wonderfully regular in shape—in one case with a 
perforation near the rim. Turquois and shell beads were found in con- 
siderable numbers in the excavations at Awatobi, but, as they are sim- 
ilar to those from Sikyatki, I have reserved a discussion of them for 
following pages. A few fragments of shell armlets and wristlets were 
also exhumed. These were made generally of the Pacific coast Pee- 
tunculus, so common in the ruins of the Little Colorado.' 
CLay BELL 
Copper bells are said to be used in the secret ceremonials of the mod- 
ern Tusayan villages, and in certain of the ceremonial foot races metal 
bells of great age and antique pattern are sometimes tied about the 
waists of the runners. Small copper hawk bells,’ found in southern 
1In the expedition of 1896 there were found a large number of shell ornaments, which will be 
described in a forthcoming report of the operations during that year. See the preliminary account 
in the article ‘‘ Pacific Coast Shells in Tusayan Ruins,” American Anthropologist, December, 1896. 
2Qne of these bells was found in a grave at Chaves Pass during the field work of 1896. 
