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In some cases (@, 7) two knots appear between the string and 
the attached feathers, while in another instance (7) one of the knots 
or balls is replaced by two triangles. 
Other representations of stringed-feather or nakwakwoci designs 
show modifications in each of the three elements mentioned, the 
line (string), the enlargement (knot), and the terminal projections 
(feathers). The occurrence of crossbars near the dot (g, h, 7) vary 
in number from one to four, and are always parallel, but usually 
are placed on one side of the knot, although in some cases (7) they 
appear on both sides. In one example (7) no ball or knot is pro- 
vided, the nakwakwoci consisting merely of the string intersected 
by pairs of equidistant crosslines. A special modification of the 
dot with crosslines is shown in the figure with the leaflike attach- 
ment (q). 
One of the most significant of the stringed-feather designs is 
shown in a, where a feather of the first type is attached to the string 
intersected by crosslines. As a terminal element in corresponding 
designs is a typical feather symbol, this figure is also identical. The 
figure of a string with enlargements and a pair of lines (7) probably 
represents that form of stringed feather called by the Hopi a purhu, 
“voad,” an offering laid by the Hopi on the trails approaching the 
pueblo to indicate that ceremonies are being performed, or on altars 
to show the pathway of blessings. 
In another stringed-feather design (m) appears a triangular sym- 
bol attached to the enlargement, the string terminating in radiating 
lines. The feather sometimes preserves its triangular form (7m). 
These variations in the drawings of stringed feathers and the modi- 
fications of the knot, string, and terminal attachments, are constantly 
repeated in Sikyatki pottery decoration. 
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Many food bowls from Sikyatki have a band from which is sus- 
pended the figure of a nondescript animal passing diametrically 
across it. Representations of a similar band with like appendage 
girt the necks of small pottery objects and are, so far as is known, 
characteristic of prehistoric Hopi pottery. 
Lines identified as sky-bands shown in plate 79 vary from single 
(a) or double (@) to a broad undecorated band (c). In its simplest 
form the sky-band extends entirely across the inside of the bowl, 
but in the more complicated examples it surrounds the vessel par- 
allel with the rim surrounding the design on the inside of the bowl. 
Appendages of several kinds as dots (d) or as stars (f/f), made up 
of oblong figures in terrace form placed at intervals, are attached 
