Plate 4

PLATE 4

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Plate 4, Figure 1

FIGURE 1. Shruisthia, ruler of East Mountain. Eagle-feather prayer stick (black and white); parrot-feather topknot (red and green); blue yarn over forehead ending on either side in brown earrings, with tassels of turkey feathers, blue tipped; mask, black (for night); and white (for the East); lower edge brown.

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Plate 4, Figure 2

FIGURE 2. Tsiukiri, father of the Kopishtaiya. Turkey feathers (gray with white and black tips) as earrings and back of mask; parrot-feather topknot (green and red); slanting line (red) represents the direction of the southeast that Tsiukiri followed when sent away by Iatiku; the short line joining it (red) is the straight East-West direction; the spots (green, red, blue, orange, and white) are direction colors; the background is black because the Kopishtaiya are night spirits; turkey tracks (white) in the snow make it easier to track the turkeys, so are lucky; fox-fur collar (gray); eyes and mouth outlined in red.