FHWKES] THE RUIN, SIKYATKI 221 
gans of the body—hands, feet, arms, and legs—are often represented 
separately. The hand is portrayed on two vessels, and the foot, 
elaborately drawn, appears on an- 
other; as a general thing when parts 
of the body are represented they 
are greatly conventionalized. The 
few human figures on Sikyatki pot- 
tery are crude representations as 
compared with those of animals, 
and especially of birds. Several of 
the figures are represented wearing 
ancient costumes and ornaments, 
and one or two have their hair done 
up in unusual styles; others have 
the body or face tattooed or |. fa, 
painted; but as a whole these deco- fic. 12.— Human head with hair in 
rations are rare and shed little light eta ya 
on prehistoric customs. There is nothing that can be identified 
as a time count, calendric, hieroglyphic, or phonetic signs, or any 
record of historical events. 
None of the human figures are represented with masks or head- 
dresses to indicate the impersona- 
tion of kachinas, nor are there 
double figures or animal heads de- 
picted on human bodies. The ab- 
sence of animal or kachina heads , 
shows one of the marked differ- 
ences between Sikyatki pictures 
and the designs so common on some 
other pottery, where a relatively 
large number of the heads of the 
latter occur. The best representa- 
tion of a human head is shown in 
figure 12,1 in which a characteristic 
coiffure is shown. Fig 13 is identi- 
fied as a figure of a maiden whose 
hair is dressed in two whorls, one above each ear, like a modern 
Hopi maid.? Opposite this maid is a reptile or similar animal with 
Fic. 138.—Woman with serpent-like animal. 
1 Many of the illustrations appearing in this paper are taken from the author’s memoir 
on the results of the Sikyatki excavations in the 77th Ann. Rep. Bur. Amer. Ethnol., part 2. 
2 Hopi maidens dress their hair in two whorls, one above each ear, which on marriage 
are taken down and braided in two coils. There are differences in the style of putting up 
_the hair, as appear in different ceremonial personages, but the custom of wearing it in 
whorls was probably general among ancient Pueblo maidens and is still followed in certain 
ceremonial dances in which women are personated by men. Yor the difference in the style 
of the whorls, see the author’s series of pictures of Hopi kachimas in the Twenty-first 
Ann. Rept. Bur, Amer, Ethn. 
