FEWKES] VEGETAL AND SUN DESIGNS 699 
CXXXIV, e, we have a similar design. This figure evidently represents 
the sunflower, the seeds of which were ground and eaten in ancient 
times. The plant apparently is represented as growing from the earth 
and is surrounded by a broad band of red in rudely circular form. 
The totem of the earth today among the Hopi is a circle; possibly it 
was the same among the ancients, in which case the horizon may have 
been represented by the red encircling band, which is accompanied by 
the crook and the emblem of rain. The petals are represented by a 
row of dots and no leaves are shown. From the kinship of the ancient 
accolents of Sikyatki with the Flute people, it is to be expected that 
in their designs figures of asters or sunflowers would appear, for these 
plants play a not inconspicuous role in the ritual of this society which 
has survived to modern times. 
THE SUN 
Sun worship plays a most important part in modern Tusayan ritual, 
and the symbol of the sun in modern pictography can not be mistaken 
for any other. It is a circle with radiating feathers on the periphery 
and ordinarily with four lines arranged in quaternary groups. The 
face of the sun is indicated by triangles on the forehead, two slits for 
eyes, and a double triangle for the mouth. This symbol, however, is 
not always used as that of the sun, for in the Oraibi Powalawt there 
is an altar in which a sand picture of the sun has the form of a four- 
pointed star. The former of these sun symbols is not found on Sik- 
yatki pottery, but there is one picture which closely resembles the latter. 
This occurs on the bow! illustrated in plate CLXx1, c. The main design 
is a four-pointed star, alternating with crosses and surrounded by a 
zone in which are rectangular blocks. While the identification may 
be fanciful, its resemblances are highly suggestive. The existence of a 
double triangle adjacent to this figure on the same bow], and its like- 
ness to the modern mouth-design of sun pictures, appears to be more 
than a coincidence, and is so regarded in this identification. 
In the design shown in plate CLVIII, a, one of the elaborate ancient 
sun figures is represented. As in modern symbols, the tail-feathers of 
the periphery of the disk are arranged in the four quadrants, and in 
addition there are appended to the same points curved figures which 
recall the objects, identified as stringed feathers, attached to the blan- 
ket of the maid (plate cxx1x,a). The design on the disk is different 
from that of any sun emblem known to me, and escapes my interpreta- 
tion. I have used the distribution of the feathers on the four quad- 
rants as an indication that this figure is a sun symbol, although it 
must be confessed this evidence is not so strong as might be wished. 
The triangles at the sides of two feathers indicate that a tail-feather is 
intended, and for the correlated facts supporting this conclusion the 
reader is referred to the description of the vessels shown in plate 
OXXXVIII. 
