The fetiches of the Mole, or God of the Lower regions (K'iae[']-lu-tsi
we-ma-we, in the sacred orders; Mai-tu-pu we-ma-we, in the order of the
Hunt), are represented in the collection by only two specimens, Plate
II, Fig. 6, and Plate IX, Fig. 1. The figure of a third specimen, taken
from one of my sketches of the original in Zuni, is given on Plate III,
Fig. 5.
These fetiches being unpopular, because considered less powerful than
those of the larger gods of prey, are very rare, and are either rude
concretions with no definite form (Plate II, Fig. 6), or almost equally
rude examples of art, as in Plate IX, Fig. 1, which represents the
fetich of the white Mole (Mai-tu-pu ko-ha-na) of the Eastern Lower
regions. It consists merely of a natural slab of fine white limestone.
Nevertheless, value is sometimes attached to the Mole, from the fact
that it is able by burrowing to lay traps for the largest game of earth,
which it is supposed to do consciously. For this reason it is sometimes
represented with surprising fidelity, as in Plate III, Fig. 5.