ILLUSTRATIONS.
Reading edition
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Pl. I. A view of Sia, showing a portion of village in ruins 8
II. Plaza, Sia 10
III. Sisters; cleverest artists in ceramics in Sia 12
IV. Group of Sia vases 14
V. The Oracle 16
VI. Stone house showing plaster on exterior 22
VII. Stampers at work 24
VIII. Pounders completing work 26
IX. I-är-ri-ko, a Sia fetich 40
X. Personal adornment when received into third degree of official membership in Cult society (A, Ko-shai-ri; B, Quer´-rän-na; C, Snake society 70
XI. Hä´-cha-mo-ni before plume offerings are attached (A, hä´-cha-mo-ni and official staff deposited for Sûs sĭs-tin-na-ko; B, hä´-cha-mo-ni and official staff deposited for the sun; C, hä´-cha-mo-ni and official staff deposited for the cloud priest of the north; D, hä´-cha-mo-ni and official staff deposited for the cloud priest of the west; E, hä´-cha-mo-ni and official staff deposited for the cloud priest of the zenith) 74
XII. Hä´-cha-mo-ni with plume offerings attached (F, hä´-cha-mo-ni deposited for the Sia woman of the north and of the west; G, hä´-cha-mo-ni offered to the cloud woman of the cardinal points; H, gaming block offered to the cloud people; I, hä´-cha-mo-ni and official staff deposited for the snake ho´-na-ai-te of the north) 76
XIII. Hä´-cha-mo-ni with plumes attached (A, deposited for cloud priest of the north; B, deposited for Ho-chan-ni, arch ruler of the cloud priests of the world; C, deposited for cloud woman of the north; D, bunch of plumes offered apart from hä´-cha-mo-ni; E, bunch of plumes offered apart from hä´-cha-mo-ni) 78
XIV. Altar and sand painting of Snake society 80
XV. Altar of Snake society 82
XVI. Ceremonial vase 84
XVII. Vice ho´-na-ai-te of Snake society 86
XVIII. Altar and sand painting of Giant society (A, altar; B, sand painting) 90
XIX. Altar of Giant society photographed during ceremonial 92
XX. Ho´-na-ai-te of Giant society 94
XXI. Sick boy in ceremonial chamber of Giant society 96
XXII. Altar and sand painting of Knife society 98
XXIII. Altar of Knife society photographed during ceremonial 100
XXIV. Ho´-na-ai-te of Knife society 102
XXV. Altar of Knife society, with ho´-na-ai-te and vice ho´-na-ai-te on either side 104
XXVI. Shrine of Knife society 108
XXVII. Shrine of Knife society 110
XXVIII. Altar of Quer´-rän-na society 112
XXIX. Altar of Quer´-rän-na society 114
XXX. Ho´-na-ai-te of Quer´-rän-na society 116
XXXI. Sia masks (A, masks of the Ká-ᵗsû-na; B, mask of female Ká-ᵗsû-na; C, masks of the Ká-ᵗsû-na) 118
XXXII. Sia masks (A, masks of the Ká-ᵗsû-na; B, masks of female Ká-ᵗsû-na) 120
XXXIII. Prayer to the rising sun 122
XXXIV. Personal adornment when received into the third degree of official membership of Cult society (A, spider; B, cougar; C, fire; D, Knife and Giant; E, costume when victor is received into society of Warriors; F, body of warrior prepared for burial, only the face, hands, and feet being painted) 140
XXXV. Ceremonial water vases; Sia (A, a cross emblematic of the rain from the cardinal points; B, faces of the cloud men; C, faces of the cloud women; D, clouds and rain; E, vegetation; F, dragonfly, symbolic of water) 146
Fig. 1. Sia women on their way to trader’s to dispose of pottery 12
2. Sia women returning from trader’s with flour and corn 13
3. Pauper 18
4. Breaking the earth under tent 21
5. Women and girls bringing clay 22
6. Women and girls bringing clay 23
7. Depositing the clay 24
8. Mixing the clay with the freshly broken earth 25
9. Women sprinkling the earth 26
10. The process of leveling 27
11. Stampers starting to work 28
12. Mixing clay for plaster 29
13. Childish curiosity 30
14. Mask of the sun, drawn by a theurgist 36
15. Diagram of the White House of the North, drawn by a theurgist 58
16. The game of Wash´kasi 60
17. Sand painting as indicated in Plate XXV 102
18. Sand painting used in ceremonial for sick by Ant society 103
19. Sia doctress 133
20. Mother with her infant four days old 142
Bureau of Ethnology.
Eleventh Annual Report. Plate. I
A VIEW OF SIA, SHOWING A PORTION OF VILLAGE IN RUINS.
THE SIA.
By Matilda Coxe Stevenson.[1]