ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT XV 



restriction of the painted symbols to the females and the 

 especially conspicuous use of them by matrons betoken 

 the strength and exclusiveness of that sense of maternal 

 descent which is normal to the lowest stage of culture ; 

 the devices are at once blood -signs definite as the face- 

 marks of gregarious animals, and clan -standards signifi- 

 cant as tartan or pibroch ; and the confinement of their 

 display to the recognized blood -carriers of the clan 

 attests perhaps more clearly than any other phenomena 

 thus far noted the strength of that semi -instinctive feel- 

 ing expressed in maternal organization. In like manner, 

 the representation of local tutelaries in the painted devices 

 attests the intensity and dominance of that zootheistic 

 faith which seems to be normal to the lowest stage of 

 intellectual development. The details of the investiga- 

 tion are incorporated in a memoir appended to an earlier 

 report. 



In the course of his work among the Hopi Indians, Dr 

 Fewkes succeeded in defining certain steps in the devel- 

 opment of the drama. The ceremonies of the folk, like 

 those of other primitive peoples, are primarily fiducial, 

 and involve representation, or even personation, of the 

 deified potencies forming the tribal pantheon. The 

 motive of one of the dramatic — or rather dramaturgic — 

 pieces is the growth of corn ; and the setting comprises 

 realistic representations of both the maleficent and the 

 beneficent agencies connected with the making of the 

 crop and the development of the ])lant in general. The 

 performance is designed primarily to invoke the favor of 

 the mysteries by appropriate syml)ols of both being and 

 action, Init an ancillary, or perha])S coordinate, design of 

 this ceremony is the edification (combining instruction 

 and div(u-sion) of the tribe at large. Accordingly a por- 

 tion of the interior is set apart as a stage, while the greater 

 l)ortion is reserved as an auditorium. Both the mystical 

 and the human powers are represented or personated by 

 actors, who, with their properties, occupj' the stage; and 

 since that part of the mechanism connected with the 

 portrayal of the mysteiies is esoteric, a screen is provided 



