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| 032 First-Mesa Hopi c. 1820 |
 The idea of a spiral figure with one or two triangular caps became popular across much of the Pueblo world, especially at Zuni, as far east as along the Rio Grande, and as far west as the Hopi villages on First Mesa. Its presence at Acoma is illustrated in Fig. 13. Here the depiction has a distinctively Hopi flavor, with much influence from Zuni. The Hopi style is most especially seen in the triplet figures shown in Fig. 33, with red body and arms and a triangular head. This figure floats above a triangular base whose stair-step sides are formed of rectangles attached to each other at their corners. On both sides stand tall sentinel figures, and the whole is housed in a box with vertical panel lines on both sides. Here is a depiction of Hopi ideas in very typical form for the first half of the 1800's, when much interchange of decorative style occurred as a result of frequent visits among the Pueblo populations. Additional features of similarity are seen in the little spirals with triangular bodies sprouting off the base of each large spiral and in the form of the jar, with indented base, flaring underbody and sharp flexure where the concave lower slopes meet the convex middle-body design area. Prominent rectangular eyes on the structures associated with the large spirals suggest a close relationship to Zia Pueblo, where this feature is a frequent embellishment during the first half of the 1800's. Perhaps the most telling influence from Zuni is seen in the edging of the red areas adjacent to the large spirals. The edging consists of a narrow line attached to the red and a broad line that follows the stepped structure of the figure.
-- FRANCIS H. HARLOW, LOS ALAMOS |
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