The Winter Solstice Altars at Hano Pueblo

THE WINTER SOLSTICE ALTARS AT HANO PUEBLO BY J. WALTER FEWKES (From the American Anthropologist (N.S.), Vol. 1, April, 1899) NEW YORK G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS 1899 THE WINTER SOLSTICE ALTARS AT HANO PUEBLO BY J. WALTER FEWKES INTRODUCTION The fetishes displayed in their kivas by different phratries during the Winter Solstice ceremony at the Hopi pueblo of Walpi, in northeastern Arizona, have been described in a previous article,[1] in which the altar made in the _Moñkiva_, or "chief" ceremonial chamber, by the _Patki_ and related people has been given special attention. The author had hoped in 1898[2] to supplement this description by an exhaustive study of the Winter Solstice ceremonies of all t…

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