The most common figure on the third epoch of Hopi pottery, commonly
called modern Tewa and manufactured up to 1895 by Nampeo, a Hano potter,
is a representation of the Corn-maid, Shalako mana, who, as shown, is
the same personage as Marau mana and Palahiko mana in the festival of the
Mamzrauti derived from Awatobi. The symbol of this goddess is instructive
and easily recognized in its many variations. Her picture on Hano pottery
is shown in figure 108.
The most striking features of her symbolism, brought out in plate 89, are
terraced bodies representing rain clouds on the head, an ear of maize
symbol on the forehead, curved lines over the mouth, chevrons on the
cheeks, conventionalized wings, and feathered garment. It is also not
uncommon to find carved representations of squash blossoms occupying the
same positions as the whorls of hair on the heads of Hopi maidens.
[Illustration: FIG. 108.—Head of Shalako mana, or Corn maid.]
The Shalakotaka male is likewise a common design readily recognized
on modern pottery. Particularly abundant are figures of the mask of a
Kohonino god, allied to Shalako, which is likewise called a kachina, best
shown in paraphernalia of the Mamzrauti ceremony.
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