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��forked top, the post itself representing nothing. On the top is set a basket of corn-meal, on the east side of it is hung a representa- tion of the sun and on the west side a representation of the moon. They are both made of cotton on a framework of sticks.

The representation of the sun (fig. 2 a) is flat, of a semi-oval shape and about three feet in length. A long twig is bent doutje in a horse- shoe-shape and the ends tied. A wattled framework is made by laying sticks over this close together and colored cotton is tied over both surfaces with string. The body is of white with a zigzag lightning band down the middle and at the lower edge is a wide

����Fig. 2. The representations of the sun and the moon, drawn from hasty sketches

by natives.

black band with a hanging fringe. Around the entire edge are plumes of long feathers to represent the rays of the sun. In the fiesta it is carried by a man.

The symbol of the moon (fig. 2 6), on the other hand, is globular and hollow and is worn on the head of a man as a mask. It is about the same size as the sun and is also of varicolored cotton on a frame- work of twigs. Holes are left for eyes so that the one who wears it can see out. It has no feathers on it but a deer's tail is attached and it is surmounted by the figure of a small bird, painted black. In the fiesta the man who wears it wraps a mat around him and walks in a slow solemn manner.

On the morning of the tenth day, after the small enclosures are made, a little representation of a field-patch is made by each village near its enclosure. Sand is brought from the arroyo and placed

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