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magical implement, led the writer, however, to reconsider the probable 
identity of this object, with the resulting conclusion that it was never 
used as a means of physical defense; that it was, in fact, an adaptation 
Fig. 547. Fig. 548. 
Fig. 546. Netted shield, bow, and arrows attached to plume offering; diameter of shield, 2? 
inches; Zuni Indians, Zuni, New Mexico; cat. no, 22678, Free Museum of Science and Art, 
University of Pennsylyania. 
Fic. 547. Plume offering; length, 21 inches; Zuni Indians, Zuni, New Mexico; cat. no. 22678, 
Free Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. 
Fig. 548. Baho stand with netted shield; length, 5} inches; Hopi Indians, Oraibi, Arizona; cat. 
no. 38790, Free Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania. 
of the magical spider web spun by the Spider Woman, the mother of 
the Twins, the symbol of her protection. Bowls painted with a web 
are not uncommon among the ancient fictile ware of the Hopi in Ari- 
zona, as shown in figures 544, 545, from Mishongnovi. The net some- 
