Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Pueblos of Zuni New Mexico Part 46

69005. Bird upon the end of painted stick, used in dances.

69006-7. Large wooden melon shaped b.a.l.l.s, painted, used in ceremonies.

69009-15. Toy cradles of wood and basket work.

69016-17. Ornament made of corn husks, like three flowers upon a stalk, carried in the corn dance.

69018-19. Head ornament. A ring of corn husk is surmounted by eight pieces of corn cob, equidistant, and ornamented with feathers.

69027. Ornament made of husks for the corn dance.

69032. Head dress. A ring of corn husks, from which protrude horizontally zigzag sticks, pointed, and painted red, green, and yellow, which are set close together around the circle; these sticks are said to represent lightning.

69033. Ornament used in the gra.s.s dance; a piece of wood, notched on both edges, gaily painted, yellow, green, white, and black, and decorated with a tuft of gra.s.s.

69034-6. Ornaments similar to the above, but without the tuft of gra.s.s; carried in dances.

69037. Ornament similar to above, with tuft of gra.s.s and feathers.

60038. Ornament similar to above, with tuft of feathers tied with bright-colored cotton and woolen yarns.

69039-44. Ear ornaments, a sort of rosette made by winding bright-colored cotton and woolen yarns upon a framework of wood, and worn over the ears in dances.

69045-47. Dance ornament; a funnel shaped section of gourd, gaily painted.

69048. Dance ornaments or charms, made of two small tablets of wood, and painted of a whitish color, upon which is drawn, with black lines, an elongated s.h.i.+eld shaped figure divided into squares, in each of which is a black dot.

69049-52. Wooden k.n.o.bs painted yellow, used as dance ornaments.

69053-65. Wooden dance ornaments, gaily painted, and having disks of wood or leather, and b.a.l.l.s attached.

69066-7. Horn shaped dance ornaments of gourd, painted and carved, with two b.a.l.l.s attached to each one by strings.

69068-75. Horn shaped dance ornaments of gourd, painted and carved.

69076-69107. Wooden dolls or images, very brightly painted. They are from six to eight inches in height, rudely carved, and sometimes ornamented with feathers.

69108. A ceremonial image or idol, painted white, with black ornaments.

It has a fan-shaped head-dress of white rays tipped with black.

69109-12. Ceremonial images with large head-dresses of various combinations of pyramidal figures, vividly colored green, red, black, and white.

69113-4. Large elaborately carved and painted ceremonial head-dresses.

69115. Carved wooden bird.

69116. Small wooden dance ornament, red, green, and blue.

69117. Small wooden dance ornament, shaped like the tail of a fan-tailed pigeon; the body green; the radiating sticks red.

69118. Ornament similar to the preceding, but circular in shape.

69119-20. Are head ornaments of wood, painted blue, red, green, and yellow, in which the pyramidal figure is variously combined; 69120 has a strap of leather to fasten it to the head.

69121. An ornament formed of two small wooden tablets, hinged together in the center with thongs of hide, the upper part of each tablet cut into steps, so that the two form a pyramid, painted green, with tadpoles in black scattered over side.

69122, 69125. Dance ornaments similar to 69119-20.

69123-4, 69126-31. Are zigzag sticks or wands, variously painted green, yellow, red; are-carried in the hands in dances.

69132-5. Dance ornaments. In the center of two sticks, which form a cross, is placed a ring of wood, over which a piece of skin is stretched, upon which a face is painted in a rudely conventional manner, the colors being green, yellow, red, white, and black. Outside of this is secured a zigzag ring of cornhusks.

69136-7. Pads of cornhusks worn by women on the side of the head.

69138-40. Small wooden hoops covered with a netting of cotton yarn.

69141. Small wooden hoop with a visor of skin, like a shade for the eyes.

69142-45. Wooden hoops, over which cotton cloth is stretched, and painted green, upon which grotesque faces and other figures are rudely drawn in black.

69146-7. Triangular wooden frame covered with cotton cloth, painted green and ornamented with a figure in black, red, and yellow.

69148. Two oblong wooden frames, similar to preceding.

69149. Ceremonial throwing sticky or boomerang.

69150. Wooden ornament carried in the dance.

69151-2. Ceremonial head-dresses. A circular rim of wood supports semi-circular arched ribs, which cross each other, and from their center rises a perpendicular wooden tablet, carved and painted.

69153. Head-dress, formed of four narrow slats of wood, neatly hinged together with small thongs of skin; the outer slats are longer than the two middle ones, thus leaving a square recess for the head. The upper part of each slat is cut into a pyramid of steps, which are each painted of a different color. The whole is brilliantly colored in red, green, yellow, and blue.

69154. A similar head-dress, but it is of a single piece, and the top is in three scollops.

69155. Similar to preceding, but the top line is straight.

69159-60. Similar to preceding, but the top rises in three steps, forming a pyramid, brightly painted and quite elaborately ornamented.

69156-8. Wooden wands, variously painted and ornamented. They are carried in the hands at dances.

69161. Wooden board with two handles at lower end, painted with two dancing figures, with joined hands, and other ornaments. Carried in the hands in dances.

69165. Board similar to above, but without the human figures, and is curiously painted in red, green, yellow, black, and white.

69162. Wand or rod with a wisp of gra.s.s attached at one end.

69163-4, 69166-91. Narrow wooden slats with a handle notched in one end, and variously ornamented. The predominant design is a curiously conventionalized human figure, painted in gaudy colors.

59192. An Indian flute.