THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY—1911-1912 [SOLD]

THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY—1911-1912

The most significant section of this report is:

Designs on Prehistoric Hopi Pottery by Jesse Walter Fewkes, pages 207-281.

Plates 76-90 and figures 12-112

Table of Contents

Introduction

               Chronology of Hopi pottery symbols

The ruin, Sikyatki

               Sikyatki epoch

               Human figures

               Quadruped figures

               Reptilian figures

               Winged figures

                              Dorsal view of birds

                              Lateral view of birds

                              Feather designs

                                             Feathers suspended from strings

               Sky-band

                              Vertical attachment to sky-band

                              Birds attached longitudinally to sky-band

                                             Decorations on exterior of food bowls

                                             Curved figure with attached feathers

               Spider and insects

               Butterfly and moth

               Geometrical designs

               Rain clouds

               Stars

               Sun emblems

               Rectangular figures representing shrines

               Symbols introduced from San Juan River settlements

               Symbols introduced by the Snake people

Tusayan epoch

               Symbols introduced from the Little Colorado

               Symbols introduced by the Badger and Kachina clans

               Symbols introduced from Awatobi

               Shalako mana

               Symbols of Hano clans

Conclusions

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