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were to take part in the ceremony (only a small part of the Marau 

 priestesses) now began to come into the kiva, each bringing with her 

 and depositing near Wickwaya's paraphernalia a corn-husk leaf with 

 a little meal, a few eagle breath feathers, and a little ball of home- 

 made twine in it ; this was afterwards used by each woman for making 

 nakwakwosis. One or two only had feathers and one or two only 

 feathers and twine. 



Wickwaya had in meanwhile finished the baho sticks and was 

 patiently waiting for the water and the mortar. The sticks he had 

 placed into a small tray with corn-meal, with which he had mixed a 

 little honey. As soon as his mother had brought a mortar and water 

 he ground some black and green paint, and then painted the sticks 

 green, the pointed ends black, and afterwards put a little yellow paint 

 on the facet which he had cut out on one end of one of the sticks. 

 The women were in the meanwhile sitting around the fireplace warm- 

 ing themselves. 



While Wickwaya was painting the baho sticks, old Tangakweima 

 (see PI. Ill) was sitting at his side in deep silence, only now and then 

 it seemed as if she was murmuring a short prayer. 



At a word from Wickwaya all the women now seated themselves 

 near him in the north-west corner of the kiva and each made six 

 nakwakwosis. These they deposited into the basket, one towards 

 each cardinal point, and north-east (above), and south-east (below). 

 Wickwaya tied the usual turkey feather, two herbs, a packet with meal 

 and honey and a fuzzy eagle feather with a cotton string, corn-meal 

 (prayer-meal), etc., on the baho sticks, and then took a little honey 

 into his mouth and drew the cotton string attached to the baho through 

 the mouth and then through a yellow powder (corn-pollen), and then 

 placed the baho also into the tray for a little while. Homihoiniwa, 

 the assistant, now made six nakwakwosis and gave them to Chief 

 Lolulomais' mother, who was sitting to the right of him. She placed 

 them also into the tray from the six different directions. Wickwaya 

 who had left the kiva for a little while now returned, bringing with 

 him two old gourd rattles, and resumed his place. He took a 

 little prayer -meal and sprinkled it on the floor from six directions, 

 depositing a little in the centre. On this centre he then placed an 

 old tiponi (see Plate XXX, d), after having waved it from six 

 directions towards the centre. He next handedt a little meal and a 

 rattle to his mother who was sitting by his left side, also some to the 

 woman to his right. He himself took up a mosilili, consisting of a 

 bent stick, from one end of which are suspended a number of cone- 

 shells. 



