234 DESIGNS ON HOPI POTTERY [ETH. ANN. 33 
as shown in figures 483-45. The simplest representation of a bird 
viewed from the side is a triangle, but another, slightly elaborated 
and a little more complicated (fig. 48), consists 
of a triangular body with curved lines represent- 
ing a head and beak, extending from one of the 
angles, and with two short lines indicating a 
feathered head crest. The head of the bird shown 
in figure 44 resembles a section of a Greek fret, 
which in figure 45 has become 
Fie. 42.—Conven- 
tional figure of a Still further simplified. Figure 
bard. 46 represents a bird with tri- VLA, 
angular body and key-shaped head. Figure 47 
shows a similar design, except that the body is 
partly rectangular, with breast slightly concave. 
Fic. 43.—Triangular 
form of bird. 
The body in figure 48 is simply an outline of a ter- 
race and the tail is indicated by five parallel lines. 
The bird design shown in profile in figure 49 is realistic, all the 
parts being clearly recognizable. This figure is one of four, each 
attached to a corner of a rectangle. 
me : ¥ 46.—Lateral 
Fic, 
Fic. 44.—Triangular Fig. 45.—Simple 5 view of triangular 
form of bird. form of bird with bird with two tail 
terraced body. feathers. 
Another figure which may be a lateral view of a bird is represented 
in figure 50, in which the part representing the head is curved, the 
body square, and two obliquely twisted feathers represent the tail. 
Fic. 47.—Lateral 
view of bird with Fig. 48.—Problemati- Fic. 49.—Bird with two 
three tail feathers. eal bird figure. tail feathers. 
This figure exhibits avian features more obscurely than those already 
considered, but the head and the tail feathers are quite birdlike. 
In figure 51 is shown a lateral view of a bird, seemingly in flight, 
the head and beak of which are birdlike. The wings, feet, head, and 
body are not difficult to recognize. 
Two legs and one wing are shown, 
and the well-drawn tail, terminat- 
ing in white-tipped feathers, sug- 
gests the turkey, which bird is re- 
Fic. 50.—Highly conventionalized bird F 
figure, garded by the modern Hopi as so 
efficacious in bringing rain that its feathers are employed in almost 
all rain ceremonies. The author has seen a similar drawing on altar 
