lis INDIANS OF THE SOUTHWEST. 



on the evening of the first day. The head-priest 

 brings into the kixa two wooden images of great ap- 

 parent antiquity. The larger represents Pookong, 

 the elder of the war god twins; the smaller may be 

 intended for his brother, or for some other divinity. 

 Near these are placed small images of the panther, 

 the fetish of the warriors and hunters. At Walpi, and 

 at Oraibi if a candidate is to be initiated, a sand painting 

 is also made. This has a picture of a panther in the 

 center, a snake on each of the four sides, and a frame of 

 four colored bands. Although each band extends 

 entirely around the painting the outer one which is 

 yellow represents the north; the second, the green one, 

 the west; the third, red, the south; and the inner one, 

 which is white, the east. These are the colors which 

 are alw^ays associated with the w^orld quarters b}' the 

 Hopi. 



The antelope altar is made in another kiva on the 

 fifth day of the ceremony. The painting consists of a 

 number of semicircular cloud terraces, with a similar 

 border of colored bands. On two sides are rows of 

 sticks, some of them curved, which represent the de- 

 ceased members of the order. At the back of the altar 

 are the fetishes and the tiponi, the society symbol, 

 kept by the head of the order as a badge of his office. 

 Around this altar a most important rite is held. One 

 of the priests and a woman relative of some member 

 are especially di-essed and impersonate antelope man 

 and antelope maiden. The snake priests enter bring- 

 ing a snake which the antelope man holds during the 



