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EATN-CLOUD SYMBOLS ON POTTEKY 



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dug out of the north cemetery at Four-mile ruhi, shown in figure 105, 

 is decorated with triangles which are also supposed to be rain-cloud 

 symbols. Above them is a semicircular band which is identified as a 

 representation of the rainbow. 



An example of the triangular form of symbol representing the rain 

 cloud is found on one of the efi&gies of the Flute altar, and is figured 

 in an account of the Walpi Flute observance." Many of the rattles 

 used in katcina dances have on each of their flattened sides four tri- 



Fio. 1()5. Cloud emblem on food l)owl from Four-mile ruin (number 15735J). 



angles united at one angle, and with iiarallel lines representing fall- 

 ing i-ain on the sides opposite their union. These figures have a 

 distant resemblance to feather sj'mbols, as may be seen by comparison 

 with some of the bird designs from Chevlon ruin. 



It will be seen from the foregoing account that there are three types 

 of rain-cloud symbols in use in the modern Hopi ritual, the semicircle, 

 rectangle, and triangle. 



In the same waj' it can be shown that there are at least two types 



"Journal of American Folk-Lore, v. 8, n. 27, pi. ii, fig. 1. 



