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ORNAMENTATION 



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ORNAMENTS 



Both sexes, but especially the men, wore strands of beads sus- 

 pended from their ear li)l)es and necks. The lieads and iiorjjets were 

 of disks cut from seashells, stone, more or less wrouijht, Iione carved 

 and decorated, small deer bones without other manipulation (lian 

 drilliuir, and tur(|uoise, which was usually rubbed into (lat rectani,ndar 

 pendants. I'pon the arms of the women and on the rii,dit arm of the 

 men were bracelets of similar materials. The men wore on the left 

 arm a soft coyote skin ^\Tist guard or one of rawhitie for the bo\\strinc. 

 Larije beads of blue ^'eIu^tian irlass were brought by the earliest Sjianish 

 missionaries, and are now to l)e found scattered about the sacred 

 places of the Pimas. 



"A verj' brave man" pierced the septum of liis nose and wore 

 therein a skewer of neatly polished bone, or else suspended from it a 

 bit of turquoise or a shell. Two men yet livin,<r in the Santan villajje 

 have pierced noses, though they long ago 

 abandoned the practice of wearing anj'tliing 

 in them. Indeed, all the old-time orna- 

 ments have been abandoned, and the Pimas 

 exliibit a marked contrast to the bead- 

 covered Navahos and other tribesmen. 



The men ornamented their long rope-like 

 locks with the soft breast feathers of the 

 eagle, turkey, or other large bird. The war 

 headdresses were of eagle, hawk, and owl 

 wing feathers. We secured one that con- 

 tained the hair of an Apache warrior in 

 addition to the feathers (fig. 40). 



Contestants in the relay and distance 

 races wore an ornament in their hair that suggests those of the 

 Yumas, which in turn resemble the "eyes"' of the Iluichols." 



The women twined in their hair coronets of sunflowers or of corn 

 husks, in recent years colored red or blue by boiling with calico. 



Fig. 



Ruimcr's hair ornament. 



Ornamentation 



We have .seen that the Pimas, by means of paint, tattooing, ami 

 ornaments, had developed the art of personal decoration to a consid- 

 erable extent. When we examine their implements and weapons it 

 soon becomes evident that their ta^ite for ornamentation was more 

 rudimentary. Indeed, their desire for embellishment seldom reached 

 expression in carving; it was confined chiefly to painting, as in the 

 case of shields, or to the smooth linish given to their bows. Paint- 



o Such nn ornament was made for the writer's collection by Sika'tcu of arrowwooci with four liooks 

 of devils' claw attached to it with sinew. The hooks are arranged in the same plane and curved 

 downward as shown in figure "y. The upper pair are wound with blue strings terminating with 

 b'lil at the tips. Total length, 237 mm.; spread of hooks, 170 mm. 



