[3] The reason for this relatively large number of avian over other zoomorphic deities in the Hopi system is not apparent.
[4] Compare the combination of three feathers in Aztec and Maya symbolism.
[5] This figure shows the head below, with the eye well drawn. The continuation to the left is the neck, that to the right a beginning of an elaborate snout.
[6] A number of these gourds are figured in my accounts of Tusayan ceremony. A vase with attached feathers, called patne, is represented on page 43, Journ. Amer. Eth. and Arch., vol. IV.
[7] Journ. Amer. Eth. and Arch., vol. II, pp. 86, 107; American Anthropologist, May, 1897, pp. 133, 134.
[8] It will be seen on consultation of my article on "Dolls of the Tusayan Indians" that there are several in which the crests of feathers on the heads are represented by sticks with symbolic markings. In some instances we have real feathers instead of symbols. An example of this kind is figured on page 136, American Anthropologist, May, 1897.
[9] Tusayan Snake Ceremonies, plate LXXII.
[10] Journ. Amer. Eth. and Arch., vol. II, p. 120.
[11] See male and female lightning snakes on Walpi Antelope altar.
[12] The three arrowpoints, [figure 4], represent the flint arrowpoints which the mythic bird is reputed to have worn in its feathers.