78 Field Columbian Museum — Anthropology, Vol. III. 



Nos. 17-20. Four black reeds about two and one-half inches 

 long, made by Koyonainiwa ; each has tied to one end an arrow- 

 shaped point, cut out of corn husk. On this point is placed a small 

 quantity of specular iron, and a few small choro (blue bird) feathers 

 are put into the same end of the tube.* 



Nos. 21-24. Four yellow reed tubes of the same length as the 

 black and made by the same man. They are colored by first being 

 moistened with honey and sputa, then rolled in talassi, corn pollen, 

 and finally rubbed with an old piece of skin said to contain buffalo 

 fat. Into one end of these tubes are put some small tatvamana 

 (oriole) feathers. 



No. 25. Aspergill, made of a hollow stick, the ends of which 

 are closed with buckskin and to which some eagle feathers are 

 fastened. 



No. 26. A tray containing the bahos made by the two leading 

 priests in the morning. The number of these bahos differs in the 

 different years ; one is made for each kiva in which beans are planted 

 the next day. In 1896 there were eleven, in i8g8 ten, in 1901 again 

 eleven. They are distributed by the Powamu chief the next morning. 



No. 27. A tray containing meal made of different kinds of corn 

 and of watermelon, muskmelon, squash, cotton and other seeds. 

 This meal was known to be ground on one occasion by the wife of 

 the chief Soyal priest, who is also present at the initiation of new 

 Powamu members on the fifth day of the Powamu ceremony. 

 Qomahoiniwa says that she always prepares this meal, but why just 

 she, could not be ascertained. The old priest says there is no special 

 reason. She also belongs to the Honani clan. 



No. 28. The Powamu natsi or standard, consisting of four sticks 

 about eighteen inches long, to which are tied a few small eagle 

 feathers. At the principal Powamu ceremony three of these sticks 

 are put into the sand ridge of the altar and one outside at the south 

 end of the kiva entrance. 



No. 29. The tiponi or palladium of the chief Powamu priest. 

 It consists of a corn ear which is fastened to a flat base and wound 

 with cotton twine, and to the upper end of which are tied feathers of 

 different birds (eagle, turkey, parrot, oriole, road runner, blue bird, 

 hawk and others) and also a few pieces of turquoise, shell, etc. 



No. 30. The 7igaJikuychakapta (medicine bowl), containing the 

 charm liquid which is sprinkled on the mosaic during the ceremony. 

 The drawings on the bowl represent a frog, tadpoles and clouds. 



♦These yellow and blue feathers are afterwards blown through the hatchway by Koyongainiwa 

 as a wish or prayer for warm weather when the summer birds come. (See PI. XLIV, b.) 



