944 DESIGNS ON HOPI POTTERY [ETH. ANN. 38 
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The design in figure 63 represents one of the simplest forms of 
bird symbols, A hornlike appendage is attached to the sky-band, 
on each side of an elongate vertical body from which depends a 
Fic. 63.—Conventionalized bird form Fic. 64.— Conventionalized bird form 
hanging from sky-band; top view. hanging from sky-band; top view. 
number of parallel lines representing tail feathers. The identifica- 
tion of this design as that of a bird is based on comparative studies 
of designs less conventional in character, to which attention has been 
and will later be called. 
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lic. 65.—Conventionalized bird form Fic. 66.— Conventionalized bird form 
hanging from sky-band; top view. hanging from sky-band; top view. 
A modification of the pendent body on the sky-band? appears to 
have introduced the new element shown in figure 64 in which the 
body is drawn. Although considerable variation exists in the form 
of the other parts, a morphological identity exists in all these figures. 
Tn figure 65, in which the feathers differ somewhat from those of the 
1The author has seen in the American Museum of Natural History, New York, a single 
specimen of doubtful provenance, bearing a similar design. 
