he g
u
ardian of
t
he Estufa
at Cochita. C. J.
is also t
he painter of the
wall-painti
ngs in the
Estufa. Th
e bird has
a place in idola
trous cults for i
ts feathers. The In
dians ha
ve ma
de a special prayer
instrument out of sma
ll stic
ks
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os; tied wit
h
feathers, they are placed on fe
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tish altars and planted on gr
aves. According to the author
itativ
e explanations of the Indians, the feathe
rs act
as winged e
ntities bearing
the Indians' wis
hes and prayers to their de
mon
iac essenc
es in nature. T
here is n
o doubt tha
t contemporary
/
Puebl
o pottery shows the
influenc
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e of medieval
Spanish te
chnique, a