FEWKES] THE RUIN, SIKYATKI 231 
tremities and are three in number. On each side of the feathers of 
the headdress, wings, and tail hang figures of unknown meaning. 
This is one of the most instructive bird figures in the collection from 
Sikyatla. 
Figure 35 represents a very elaborate figure of a bird, readily 
comparable with the last mentioned, from which it differs in certain 
Fic. 32.—Bird figure. Fig. 33.—Bird figure. 
particulars. This bird design is replete with symbolism and may 
be regarded as one of the most instructive pictures that has come to 
us from the ancient Hopi. The view is from the back, the legs being 
Fic. 34.—Bird figure. Fic. 35.—Bird figure. , (Thunderbird.) 
much reduced in size, the claws alone being represented at each upper 
corner of the body directly under the attachment of the wings. The 
beak is invisible, but an elaborate headdress,! in which tail feathers 
1 Probably the serrated circle to which the headdress is attached was not designed as the 
outline of the head, but the headband turned out of perspective. 
