FEWKES) 



DESIGNS ON OLD SHUMOPOVI POTTERY 



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curved like that of raptoi'ial birds, which are so coiunioii in tlie deco- 

 ration of Homolobi ware. This fiijnre also shows a very common vio- 



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Pig. 72. Mythic bird design on food bowl from Shumopovi (number 157134). 



lation of perspective among ancient and modern Hopi artists, for the 



tail feathers are turned from the natural horizontal to a vertical plane. 



The design shown in figure 73 represents a bird in which the curved 



FiO. 73. Symbolic bird design on food bowl from Shumopovi (nnmber 1.57771). 



body above is the liead, the two lateral triangles the wings, and the 

 three pointed bodies tlie three tail feathers. The two curved bodies. 



