FEWKES] BUTTERFLY FIGURES ON POTTERY 679 
each quadrant, and each of the other three has a dotted head without 
the cross. These two kinds alternate with each other, and the former 
probably indicate females, since the same symbols on the heads of the 
snakes in the sand picture of the Antelope altar in the Snake dance 
are used to designate the female.' 
Two antenne and a double curved proboscis are indicated in all the 
figures of butterflies on the vase under consideration. The zones above 
and below are both cut by a “line of life,” the opening through which 
is situated on opposite equatorial poles in the upper and under rim. 
Fic. 271—Butterfly design on upper surface of plate CXXXvV, D 
The rectangular figures associated with the butterflies on this elabo- 
rately decorated vase are of two patterns alternating with each other. 
The rectangles forming one of these patterns incloses three vertical 
feathers, with a triangle on the right side and a crook on the left. 
The remaining three rectangles also have three feathers, but they are 
arranged longitudinally on the surface of the vase. 
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