The Sia: (1894 N 11 / 1889-1890 (pages 3-158)) — John Shaqi
The Sia: (1894 N 11 / 1889-1890 (pages 3-158))Stevenson, Matilda Coxe
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The Sia: (1894 N 11 / 1889-1890 (pages 3-158))
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe
Zia Indians
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
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