28 Field Columbian Museum — Anthropology, Vol. III. 



Fifth Day, Naloshtala (Fourth Day). 



About an hour before sunrise all the men from the Ponovi kiva 

 went to a rock about half way down the mesa southeast of the vil- 

 lage. Here each one sprinkled a pinch of meal towards the east, 

 whereupon Koyonainiwa touched the breast of every man as he 

 turned to go back with the spear point natsi and Tanakyeshtiwa with 

 the hawk ?nashaata (wings). This sprinkling of cornmeal towards 

 the east at early dawn is called ^'kuywatd" and is performed in almost 

 all Hopi ceremonies. The rite was performed in the same manner on 

 the three succeeding mornings but was observed only this one time. 

 * Fasting begins on this day in all the kivas except the Kwan kiva. 

 Some claim that the men in the Wikolapi also do not fast, but that 

 was not observed. No meat or salted food is eaten on this and the 

 following three days. The leaders in the Ponovi kiva fast all day, 

 eating only one meal late in the evening.* 



Shokhunyoma makes the round of the kivas early in the morning, 

 putting up a 7iatsi at every participating kiva where he has not 

 already done so. This consists of one stick just like the four sticks 

 forming the natsi at the Ponovi kiva, only a few inches shorter. | At 

 the Ponovi kiva were noticed for the first time the two mashaata 

 standing outside with the Soyal natsi. 



On this day the men begin to assemble in the participating kivas 

 except in the Kwan, Nashabe and Tao kivas, where they are supposed 

 to assemble on the same day as those in the Ponovi. All eat and 

 sleep in their respective kivas, and the time is spent, up to the eighth 

 day, in carding and spinning of cotton for use later on, smoking, etc. 



Early in the morning the altar paraphernalia had been brought 

 into the kiva. During the day a good deal of cotton twine was spun 

 (see PI. XIX a.), to be used later in the manufacture of bahos. Smok- 

 ing was indulged in frequently, moccasins were repaired, etc. 



Shokhunyoma finished, among other things, the sixteen short 

 single bahos on which he had worked on previous days, also a number 

 of longer bahos. All were made of thin sticks, and were used later 

 on. They differed from most of the other bahos in having only kuna 



*Such fasting takes place in nearly all Hopi ceremonies and this late meal is brought to the 

 kiva on four large trays, containing /iA«, on four small ones, containing a kind of mush, made of corn- 

 meal and water, and in four small bowls containing a dish of which beans form the principal 

 ingredient. This set of twelve vessels is used for this purpose only. (See Pis. XII and XIII). 



tThe natsi at the Kwan kiva differed from the others. It consisted of a bent stick to which 

 were fastened six feathers, representing the six world-quarters. For the north a sikatsi (fly catcher 

 or warbler) feather (yellow); for the west a choro (bluebird) feather (blue); for the south a karro 

 (parrot)' feather (red); for the east a. posiwuu (magpie) feather (black and white); for the northeast 

 (above) an asya (hepatic tanager) feather (black), and for the southwest (below) a toposhkiua 

 (unidentified) feather, representing different colors. 



