Hopi into great trouble, and they incurred the wrath
of Muiyinwuh, who withered all their grain and corn.

"One of the Hopi finally discovered that the supposed Calako
carried a cedar bough in his hand, when it should have been
willow; then they knew that it was Masauwuh who had been
misleading them.

"The boy hero one day found Masauwuh asleep, and so regained
possession of the mask. Muiyinwuh then withdrew his
punishments and sent Palueluekon (the Plumed Snake) to tell
the Hopi that Calako would never return to them, but that the
boy hero should wear his mask and represent him, and his
festival should be celebrated when they had a proper number
of novices to be initiated."[134]

Several food basins from Sikyatki have a human hand depicted upon
them, and in one of these both hands are represented. On the most
perfect of these hand figures (plate CXXXVII, _c_) a wristlet is well
represented, with two triangular figures, which impart to it an
unusual form. From between the index and second finger there arises a
triangular appendage, which joins a graceful curve, extending on one
side to the base of the thumb and continued on the other side to the
arm. The whole inside of the basin, except the figure of the hand and
its appendage, is decorated with spattering,[135] and on the outside
there is a second figure, evidently a hand or the paw of some animal.
This external decoration also has a triangular figure in which are two
terraces, recalling rain-cloud symbols.

One of the most interesting representations of the human hand (figure
354) is found on the exterior of a beautiful bowl. The four fingers
and the thumb are shown with representations of nails, a unique
feature in such decorations. From between the index finger and the
next, or rather from the tip of the former, arises an appendage
comparable with that before mentioned, but of much simpler form. The
palm of the hand is crossed by a number of parallel lines, which
recall a custom of using the palm lines in measuring ceremonial prayer
sticks, as I have described in a memoir on the Snake dance. In place
of the arm this hand has many parallel lines, the three medial ones
being continued far beyond the others, as shown in the figure.

QUADRUPEDS

Figures of quadrupeds are sparingly used in the decoration of food
bowls or basins, but the collection shows several fine specimens on
which appear some of the mammalia