FEWKES— RUINS IN FEWKES CANON 



carried in trays by the Tataukyamu, a Hopi priesthood of the New 

 Fire rite, as elsewhere described, 1 and presented to the women with 

 ears of corn. Here as in the kivas they represent the Germ God or 

 the supernatural being of the Underworld who causes the corn to 

 germinate." 



OBJECTS OF BONE AND WOOD 



The various forms of bone implements from Oak-tree House are 

 shown in figure io. They do not differ radically from those from the 

 Mesa Verde, already illustrated, but attention had not previously 

 been called to the notches which are common features on one side. 



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Fig. io — Bone implements from Oak-tree House 



Several specimens made of wood occur in the collection, among 

 which may be mentioned planting sticks, slabs, prayer-sticks (fig. n), 

 clubs, handles of axes, and certain problematical objects, not unlike 

 those already figured by Nordenskiold. 



1 Journ. Amer. Folk-lore, vol. v, no. xviii, p. 213. 



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