NO. I 



S-MITllSONIAX EXri.UKATR).\S, 19iy 



6,3 



On their altar at the great winter solstice ceremony at W'alpi. one 

 object of whicii is the increase of life by calling back the sun, the 

 Hopi now employ an idol rejiresenting the god of germination. This 

 idol is half oval in shape, the surface being painted with symbols of 

 corn. A similar undecorated idol ( hg. 60 ). found at Square Tower 

 House, one of the best ever collected, was cemented by the author in a 

 conspicuous place at the head of the stairway. 



An almost perfect reed mat (fig. 61). resembling those often 

 deposited with the dead, was found in a room of Square Tower 

 House. Good specimens of feathered cloth were wrapped around 

 skeletons of infants. A fine potter\- rest (fig. 62), and a stick which 



Fic;. 64. — Incised maze on one side of an artificially worked culiical 

 stone found with idol of the germ-jjod. The dotted line does n<it exist 

 on the specimen, hnt was placed there to enahle the rea<ler to trace the 

 meander. I'hotoj^'raph hy T. O. Lemmon. 



shows excellent carving on (jne end ( tig. 63 ), occiu" in the collection : 

 there are also many bone needles, basket fragments. ;ind otlur objcct.s 

 similar to those elsewhere described. 



.\ cubical stone with an incised design ( lig. ^4 ) found in the same 

 room as the idol of the germ god, is worthy of special nKiuion as 

 the maze or labyrinth depicted ujion it i> unlikr ;niy pictogr.ipli \ e( 

 described from the l^outhwest. 



Theoretically, l-.artb Lodge .\ is suppost-d to resrinbli' forms of 

 dwellings th.'it li;ive survived to om^ il.i\ among non-|ini-blo tribes. 



