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PLATE 3

Plate 3, Figure 1
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Plate 3, Figure 1

FIGURE 1. Antelope clan altar. Oak crooks (brown) with eagle feathers (white with black tips); turkey feathers (white with black tips) on end of hook; masks, left to right--(1st) Shuma’ashkă (face green, rest brown); (2nd) Ahote (black, ears blue); (3d) Gomaiowish (brown on green base); (4th) Kuashtoch (face blue, features and cap black, base green); (5th) Gaupakta (brown with green cap); medicine bowl (outside brown with black edge, inside white with brown lines); stone points (gray).

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Plate 3, Figure 2
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Plate 3, Figure 2

FIGURE 2. Shakak, ruler of North Mountain. Crest of eagle feathers (white with black tips); blue for sky (right side of mask); yellow for earth (left side of mask); collar (light brown) and rosette (black and white) of owl feathers. Mouth outlined in green.


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