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Ther Idol Kivvasa, (Kiwasa) 1618. Engraving of an idol, seated in a circular tent made from segments of woven cane or matting. The idol has hair tied in a knot above the head, and a four-strand necklace of beads around the neck. It is wearing a close fitting jerkin, open at the front, and fringed skin apron-skirt. The idol is four feet high, and kept in the temple of the town of Secota, as the guardian of the royal corpses. From Travels through Virginia. From Theodor de Bry's 'America', Vol. I, 1590, after a drawing of John White.