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falling rain. The (iijures of these two birds are decidedly Egyptian 

 iu form. Their beaks are turned in the same direction, and botli 

 have two eyes on one side of the head. The wings are of special 

 interest to students of Hopi sj'rabolism, for they are represented by 

 triangles — whicli is often tlie case in ancient Tu.sayan pictures 

 of mytiiic birds. '[''his bowl, found at Chevloii, is of the red 

 ware characteristic of the Little Colorado i-uins. The triangles at 

 the lowiM- ends of the bird figures are tails, and the s]u)rt parallel 

 knobs represent the tips of the tail feathers. This is important to 



Fio, 28. Mythic bird figures aud rain-doud Hymbold on food bowl from Clievlon 



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remember in the study of symbolism, for we sometimes find the same 

 symbols depicted alone on a vase (see figure ;56). 



No specimen from the Little Colorado ruins has a diametrical line 

 representing a "sky band" to which hangs the conventional figure of 

 a bird — a design so common iu the best Sikyatki ware. A good exam- 

 ple of this ornamentation is shown in a food bowl from Shumopovi 

 (see figure 7o, page 117). We miss aLso the star design and the 

 trifid cross so commonly associated iu Tusayan ware with the bird 

 symbols. 



