Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . uoz< a UJ IT CO < HI. LiJ 5 I 05ZLiJQ STEVENSON] SOCIAL CUSTOMS 295 not answered, it is believed that tlic heart of one or other of tliecouple is not good. There is also another slirine most sacred to theZunis to which parents desiring sons resort. This shrine is on thesummit of a low mound in a narrow valley and consists of a stone sliil>about 1 foot square, slightly raised from the ground by loose stones, two round and one several inches long, symbolizing themale generati
Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . uoz< a UJ IT CO < HI. LiJ 5 I 05ZLiJQ STEVENSON] SOCIAL CUSTOMS 295 not answered, it is believed that tlic heart of one or other of tliecouple is not good. There is also another slirine most sacred to theZunis to which parents desiring sons resort. This shrine is on thesummit of a low mound in a narrow valley and consists of a stone sliil>about 1 foot square, slightly raised from the ground by loose stones, two round and one several inches long, symbolizing themale generative organs, are placed upon the slal), the long one point-ing to the east. Another resort for women in this condition is a queer-lookinginclosure by the side of the trail leading to the peach oichards of Towayalliinne. It is formed by a stone wall some 2^ feet high at the westend. the space within being 2i by (> feet. Two of the largest stonesof the wall project into the interior. The wall slopes unevenly oneach side and is only a foot high at the east end. When a daughteris desired, one or other of the couple or both v
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