260 DESIGNS ON HOPI POTTERY [PTH. ANN. 38 
The ring or circle shown in figure 95 hangs from a band that 
may be likened to the sky-band of previous description.t A tri- 
angle* is attached to the upper side of 
this band, while appended to the ring 
itself there is a featherlike object corre- 
sponding to a bird’s tail and wing. This 
figure is unique in the Sikyatki collection 
of ancient Hopi pictography. 
In figure 96 we find a leg appended to 
the lower side of the ring balanced by 
three wing 
feathers above 
Fic. 95.— Ring with appended OF ON the Oppo- 
feathers. site side, two 
curved or crescentic extensions project- 
ing from the rear, diametrically opposite 
which arises a curved body (head) with 
terminating sickle-shaped prolongation. 
This figure may be considered a bird fic. 96.—Ring figure with legs 
design, having the tail twisted from a one ees 
lateral to a vertical position and the wing raised from the body. 
In figure 97 we find a similar ring still further modified, the ap- 
pendages to it being somewhat different. The ring is here broader 
than the last, inclosing an area 
crossed by two lines forming a 
cross, with short parallel lines 
at the ends of each arm. There 
is a head showing a circular 
face with dots indicating eyes 
and mouth. The head bears a 
crest of feathers between two 
horns. Here we have in place 
of the appendage to the lower 
side an elongated curved pro- 
jection extending to the left, 
balanced by a short, stumpy, 
curved appendage on the right, 
while between these append- 
ages hang four parallel lines 
suggesting the highly conventional feathers of a tail. The horns 
with the crest of feathers between them recall the crest of the Sun 
ic. 97. 
Sun emblem with appended feathers. 
11f we interpret the sky-band as the path of the sun in the zenith the solar emblem 
hanging to it is significant. 
* Some of the significant sun masks used by the Hopi have the mouth indicated by a 
triangle, others by hourglass designs, 
