146 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 65 
is filled with a black, pitchy gum, in which are set the petals; the 
gum is also smeared about the bases of the petals above and below | 
where they emerge from the groove. Each petal is neatly cut out 
in the general form shown in the drawing (fig. 66). Individual 
examples in the same flower vary little. The least number of petals 
in any specimen is 19 (this is.also the smallest specimen) ; there are 
2 of 20, 1 of 21, 2 of 28, 4 of 25, 4 of 26, 6 of 28, 1 of 29, 4 of 30, 
and 1 of 35. 
After having been set in the grooves, the petals were painted. 
Either the upper and lower surfaces were given a first coat of dull 
yellow and then the upper side was treated with a second, heavier, 
and more brilliant lemon-yellow coat; or, as seems more likely, the 
upper surface was freshened by repainting some time after the 
original manufacture of the specimens. Three of the white flowers 
show traces of having been originally yellow; in the other two the 
white pigment is applied di- 
rectly to the wood. The tops 
of the central cylinders, or 
bodies, in all but three cases 
are colored black. 
The two Skin Sunflowers 
(pls. 60, 61) are made of 
tanned leather, probably deer- 
skin or mountain-sheep hide. 
The larger is 6? inches across 
and has 23 squared-off tips. It is dull yellow below; the top is 
brighter and has, in the middle, a round black spot 24 inches 
across. In the center is a small hole, through which runs a 
piece of yucca string 14 inches long, knotted at each end so that it 
cannot be withdrawn. The smaller is 44 inches across and has 19 
points, all but 4 of which are square tipped. It is of an ochry 
shade of yellow, somewhat darker than the other. In the middle 
there is the same large black spot, and also the central perforation ; 
the string, however, is missing. 
The Cones (pls. 60, 61) are 25 in number, or one fewer than the 
sunflowers; the material is the same as that in the bodies of the 
latter. They are very uniform in shape and size, the tallest being 
2 inches in height, the shortest 1% inches. Although they differ 
slightly in proportions, the average specimen has its point of great- 
est diameter (14 inches) about one-quarter inch above the base; 
thence to the rounded or slightly flattened top the taper is gradual. 
The base is concave, and from it to the top runs a small vertical 
perforation, similar to those which traverse the bodies of the sun- 
flowers. In three of these holes are bits of string, apparently 
Fic. 66.—Cross section of sunflower. 
