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72 MESA POLK OF HOPILAND
work at day 's labor and give satisfaction except when
a ceremony is about to take place at the pueblo, and
duty to their religion interferes with steady employ
ment much as fiestas do in the easy-going countries to
the southward.
Really, the Hopi deserve great credit for their in
dustry, frugality, and provident habits, and one must
commend them because they do not shun work and be
cause in fairness both men and women share in the
labor for the common good.
An account of the arts which are carried on in the
Hopi towns may prove interesting to the reader who
would like to know something of the methods of the
moccasin maker, potter, weaver, carver, basket maker,
and house builder, examples of whose handiwork are
scattered widely among collectors of artistic and re
markable things.
As though to keep up the dignity of the Peaceful
People the wife of ' ' Harry, ' ' the new Snake chief of
Walpi, frequently wears the cumbrous foot-gear com
mon along the Bio Grande. In spite of the scarcity
of deer-skins, every Hopi bride must have as part of
her trousseau a pair of these remarkable foot-cover
ings, which require a large deerskin for their manu
facture. When the burdensome ceremony of marriage
is over the moccasins are laid away or worn out and
never again may the woman expect to have her meas
ure taken for another pair.
But as moccasins are a part of the men's costume