ILLUSTRATIONS.


Page.

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]