740 EXPEDITION TO ARIZONA IN 1895 [ETH. ANN. 17 
that, according to the legends, there were no Snake people living at 
Sikyatki when it was destroyed, but the discovery of the snake rattle 
shows that the rattler was not without reverence there, even if not in 
the house of his friends, and some other explanation may be suggested 
to account for this discovery. There are evidences that the ancient 
Hopi, like certain Yuman tribes, wore a snake’s rattle as an ornament 
for the neck, in which case the rattle found in the Sikyatki food basin 
may have been simply a votive offering, and in no way connected with 
ceremonial symbolism. 
Among many other mortuary offerings was one which was particu- 
larly suggestive. This specimen represented in plate CLXIX, e, is made 
of unbaked clay, and has a reticulated surface, as if once incrusted 
with foreign objects. The Hopi who were at work for me declared 
that this inerustation had been composed of seeds, and that the pits 
over the surface of the clay cone were evidence of their former existence. 
They identified this object as a ‘corn mound,” and reminded me that 
a similar object is now used in the Porwamu, Lalakonti, and certain other 
ceremonies. I have elsewhere mentioned the clay corn mound incrusted 
with seeds of various kinds in a description of the altar of the last- 
mentioned ceremony. These corn mountains (hd-ii-tii/-kw?) ave made in 
the November ceremony called the Nd-dc-nai-ya, as described in my 
account of those rites from which I quote'— 
“The Td-tau-kya-mi were very busy in their kib-va. Every member 
was shelling corn of the different colors as if on a wager. Each man 
made a figure of moist clay, about four or five inches across the base. 
Some of these were in the form of two mammie, and there were also 
many wedge and cone forms, in all of which were embedded corn ker- 
nels, forming the cloud and other of the simpler conventional figures 
in different colors, but the whole surface was studded as full as pos- 
sible with the kernels. Each man brought down his own p0-o-tas 
(tray), on which he sprinkled prayer-meal, and set his kd-i-ti’-kwi (corn 
mountain) upon it. He also placed ears of corn on the tray.” 
These corn mountains were carried by the Td-tau-kya-mu priesthood 
during an interesting ceremony which I have thus described :” 
“The whole line then passed slowly along the front of the village 
sideways, facing the north, and singing, and all the women came out 
and helped themselves to the clay molds and the ears of corn borne 
by the Td-tau-kya-mi, bestowing many thanks upon the priests.” 
The fragment of polished stone shown in plate CLXIX, d, is perforated 
near the edge for suspension, and was found near the aural orifice of a 
skull, apparently indicating that it had been used as a pendant. With 
this object, many rude arrowpoints, concretions of stone, and the kaolin 
disk mentioned above were also found. Small round disks of pottery, 
with a median perforation, were not common, although sometimes 
present. They are identified as parts of primitive drills. 
1 Journal of American Folk-Lore, vol. V, no. xviii, p. 213. 
2 Op. cit., p. 214. 
