Both Figs. 5 and 6 of Plate VI represent the fetich of the white Wild Cat (Té pi k'ó-ha-na), of the East, and are of compact white limestone carefully fashioned and polished, the one to represent the perfect animal, the other the fœtus. This specimen, like Plate V, Fig. 6, has a significance other than that of a mere fetich of the chase, a significance connected with the Phallic worship of the Zuñis, on which subject I hope ere many years to produce interesting evidence.
Plate VI, Fig. 7, represents the fetich of the many-colored Wild Cat (Té-pi sú-pa-no-pa), of the Upper regions, which is made of basaltic clay, stained black with pitch and pigment, and furnished with a flake of flint and a small fragment of chrysocolla, both of which are attached to the back of the figure with a binding of sinew.
Plate VI, Fig. 8, represents, according to the Zuñis, a very ancient and valued fetich of the black Wild Cat (Té-pi shí-k'ia-na), of the Lower regions. It is little more than a concretion of compact basaltic rock, with slight traces of art. Its natural form, however, is suggestive of an animal. Long use has polished its originally black surface to the hue of lustrous jet.
THE WOLF—HUNTER GOD OF THE EAST.
WOLF FETICHES OF THE CHASE—HUNTER GOD OF THE EAST.
The fetiches of the Wolf, God of the East, and of his younger brothers (Iú-na-wi-ko wé-ma-we) are represented on Plate VII. They are characterized by erect attitudes, usually oblique faces, pricked-up ears, and "hanging tails."
Plate VII, Fig. 1, is a representation of the fetich of the yellow Wolf (Iú-na-wi-ko thlúp-tsi-na), of the North. It is of yellow indurated clay-stone. In this example the legs are much longer than in most specimens, for nearly all these figures are either natural fragments or concretions slightly improved on by art, or are figures which have been suggested by and derived from such fragments or concretions. Moreover, the ceremonials to be described further on require that they should be "able to stand alone"; therefore they are usually furnished with only rudimentary legs. The tail is only indicated, while in nearly all other Wolf fetiches it is clearly cut down the rump, nearly to the gambol joint.
Plate VII, Fig. 2, represents a fetich of the blue Wolf (Iú-na-wi-ko thlí-a-na), of the West. It is of gray sandstone, stained first red, then blue, the latter color being further indicated by settings of green turkois on either side and along the back, as well as in the eyes.