Waiyautitsa of Zuñi, New Mexico

The figure is a conventionalization showing how the girls let the bang

fall over the face in the dance; the painted flat board headdress worn

by them in the harvest dance, and the tablet they carry in each hand.

The jar, out of which the figure grows, is a typical Zuñi water jar.

The bowl at top is a sacred meal bowl. The side borders are from altar

paintings, showing animal spirits. Prayer sticks.

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