Plate VIII, Fig. 1, represents the fetich of the yellow Eagle (K'iä′-k'iä-li thlúp-tsi-na), of the Northern skies. It consists merely of the head and shoulders, very rudely formed of white limestone and painted with yellow ocher. This specimen is doubtless a natural fragment very little altered by art.
Plate VIII, Fig. 2, represents the fetich of the blue Eagle (K'iä′-k'iä-li ló-k'ia-na), of the Western skies. It is quite elaborately carved, supplied with a pedestal, and pierced through the body to facilitate suspension. For during ceremonials, to be described further on, the fetiches of the Eagle are usually suspended, although sometimes, like those of the quadrupeds, they are placed on the floor, as indicated by the pedestal furnished to this specimen. Although of compact white limestone, this fetich is made to represent the blue Eagle by means of turkois eyes and a green stain over the body. A small pink chalcedony arrow-point is attached to the back between the wings by means of a single sinew band passed around the tips of the latter and the tail and under the wings over the shoulders.
Plate VIII, Fig. 3, represents the fetich of the red Eagle (K'iä′-k'iä-li á-ho-na), of the Southern skies. Like Fig. 42, this is doubtless a nearly natural fragment of very fine-grained red sandstone, the wings being indicated by deep lines which cross over the back, and the rump grooved to receive the cord with which to secure to the back an arrow-point. The breast is perforated.
Plate VIII, Fig. 4, is a nearly natural fragment of compact white limestone, representing the white Eagle (K'iä′-k'iä-li k'ó-ha-na), of the Eastern skies. No artificial details, save the eyes, which are faintly indicated, have been attempted on this specimen.
Plate VIII, Fig. 5, represents, in compact yellow limestone, the speckled Eagle (K'iä′-k'iä-li sú-tchu-tchon-ne) of the Upper regions, the drab color of the body being varied by fragments of pure turkois inserted into the eyes, breast, and back. A notch in the top and front of the head probably indicates that the specimen was once supplied with a beak, either of turkois or of white shell. It is perforated lengthwise through the breast.
Plate VIII, Fig. 6, is a representation of a thoroughly typical conventional fetich of the black Eagle (K'iä′-k'iä-li kwín-ne) of the Lower regions. It is of calcite, stained lustrous black. A cotton cord around the neck supplies the place of the original "necklace."
THE MOLE—HUNTER GOD OF THE LOWER REGIONS.
The fetiches of the Mole, or God of the Lower regions (K'iä′-lu-tsi wé-ma-we, in the sacred orders; Maí-tu-pu wé-ma-we, in the order of the Hunt), are represented in the collection by only two specimens, Plate II, Fig. 6, and Plate IX, Fig. 1. The figure of a third specimen, taken from one of my sketches of the original in Zuñi, is given on Plate III, Fig. 5.
These fetiches being unpopular, because considered less powerful than those of the larger gods of prey, are very rare, and are either rude concretions with no definite form (Plate II, Fig. 6), or almost equally rude examples of art, as in Plate IX, Fig. 1, which represents the fetich of the white Mole (Maí-tu-pu kó-ha-na) of the Eastern Lower regions. It consists merely of a natural slab of fine white limestone.
Nevertheless, value is sometimes attached to the Mole, from the fact that it is able by burrowing to lay traps for the largest game of earth, which it is supposed to do consciously. For this reason it is sometimes represented with surprising fidelity, as in Plate III, Fig. 5.