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make pilgrimages for sacred water; here, likewise, they carry jjrayer 

 plumes. The locality is sacred to the priests of the katcina cult in 

 both pueblos. The logical implication is that some of their ancestors 

 once lived there. 



The distance of the Four-mile ruin from this jilace so elo.sely con- 

 nected with the katcina cult is not as great by many miles as between 

 it and Walpi, not much greater than between it and Zuni; so that it 

 is certainly not improbal)le that the cult whicli has made its influence 

 felt on these modern pueblos should have been practiced in the j)ueblo 

 now called Four-mile ruin. 



Another picture of a human face, body, and arms is aiso instructive. 

 The head of this figure (see plate xxv a) is unlike any other, but the 

 appendages are closely iiaralleled in figures on certain ancient vessels 

 from Oraibi. The naouth is represented by a triangle, as is also the 

 case in modern Hopi pictures of the sun god. The arms to the elbows 

 are raised to a level with the head, which is circular, with two large 

 eyes. The two appendages shaped like quadrants are supposed to 

 represent feathers. The bowl on which this picture occurs is broken, 

 but it is one of the most beautiful specimens of red ware in the 

 collection. 



A rude figure of a quadruped decorated one of the largest food 

 bowls found at Four-mile ruin. Designs of this kind are common in 

 pictographs, but are rarely present in pottery decoration. It has been 

 suggested that this figure was intended to represent a dance figure, 

 and that the caudal appendage shows the fox skin which is at present 

 almost universally worn bj* participants in the sacred dances. It is a 

 widespread belief among the pueblo people that in earlj- times, more 

 especially when the human race inhabited the under worlds, human 

 beings had tails." Perhaps the ancient potter had this mj'th in mind 

 when some of the human figures represented on old pottery were 

 painted. 



QUADRUPED FIGURES 



One of the best examples of picture writing from Foiir-mile ruin 

 occurs on a vessel of fine chestnut ware not unlike that of Sikyatki. 

 The author formerlj- regarded this as a picture of a reptile, or i)Ossi- 

 blj' of a horned toad, but there are reasons for identifying it as a 

 quadruped, possibly the raccoon. 



The general form of this figure is shown in plate LX b. The head 

 has a triangular appeudage, the throat is spotted, and the jaws are 

 armed with teeth. Two eyes are placed on one side of the head, as is 

 often tlie case in Pueblo drawings of animals. The body is crossed 

 by parallel and zigzag lines, and in places is decorated with crosses 

 and dots. 



The quadruped figures on the exterior of bowls are mentioned later. 



o Many ancient legends refer to the caudal appendages of men in very ancient times, and it is 

 sometimes stated that their tails were cut off by a cultus hero. These traditions are not confined 

 to the Hopis, but are reported from other pueblos. 



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