manner in which the religious idea was undoubtedly con-nected with the ceremonial objects just described is at present too muchinvolved in obscurity for any description. Regarding images Dr. Brinton says,Idols of stone, wood or baked clay were found in every Indian tribe withoutexception so far as… … any fixed attributes or definite divine qualities, as the) seem to have done inMexico. In the Western States ver) man) curious pieces of pottery represent-ing often old hunchbacked squaws arc Found among the mounds and calledidol mugs. In the middle South, stone and clay images and heads occur.…
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