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.