230 DESIGNS ON HOPI POTTERY [BTH, ANN. 33 
a bird design, figure 31, the body is decorated with four triangular 
rain clouds and the wings are extended. The tail has six feathers 
with a lateral extension on each side. The two detached figures asso- 
ciated with this bird design pos- 
sibly were intended to represent 
the shrines of these birds. 
The curved appendages are 
spreading in figure 32, and at 
their point of junction with the 
body arises a typical feather sym- 
bol. The body has four solid 
semicircular figures, possibly rep- 
resenting rain clouds, and a single 
feather on the top of the head. 
Organs corresponding to wings, 
body, and tail are traceable, but 
they are somewhat modified in 
comparison with the forms al- 
ready considered. This design is partly surrounded by a band to 
which two star designs are attached. 
We find all the parts or organs associated with the bird designs 
already described represented in figure 33, but the details of the 
symbolism are more elaborated than in any of the preceding. 
Here the wings are bent inward, while the feathers have taken 
more angular forms. The head is 
rectangular, bearing representa- 
tions of two rain clouds just above 
the wings, while two others appear 
below. These have the same form 
as the cloud symbols shown in 
figure 20. Although this drawing 
is far from being a realistic rep- 
resentation of a bird, the presence 
of symbols characteristic of cer- 
tain avian features leaves no doubt 
that a bird was intended. 
In figure 34 is shown a Sikyatki 
bird figure still further conven- 
tionalized, but the parts are depict- 
ed in such manner as to make the 
identification as a bird practically certain. Head, body, wings, and 
tail are elaborately represented. The head is semicircular and sur- 
mounted by a headdress with three vertical feathers. The wings are 
large, each terminating in two symbols representing the feathers, 
with pointed distal extremities. The tail feathers have rounded ex- 
Fic. 30.—Dorsal view of a bird. 
Vig. 31.—Bird figure. 
1Compare with feathers, pl. 90, d. 
