Mar. igoi. The Oraibf Soyal Ceremony — Dorsey. 41 



corner. Later they were fastened to a stick about a foot long and 

 placed on top of the corn ears in the altar, the blossoms appearing in 

 about the center of the altar.* Tobdhoyama(in iSggTaldssyamtiwa) 

 and Lomankwa soon formed the clay which Loliiamai had, in the 

 meanwhile, been mixing, into four pedestals or stands, two for the 

 uprights of the altar frame (about ten by twelve inches large), and two 

 for the standards, to be described later (about five by eight inches 

 large). All four stands were tied with yucca leaves. Loliilomai, Sik- 

 iimoniwaand Talahoyoma, occasionally assisted by others, put up the 

 altar frame, after which Lolulomai made a sand ridge about four 

 inches high between the two reredos, and in front of the frame a sand- 

 field, consisting of a layer of moist sand about one and one-half 

 inches high, thirty-two inches long and of the same width as the altar 

 frame. Into this he made about twenty-five holes, blew into each a 

 puff of smoke from a common pipe and then closed it up, making and 

 closing up one hole after the other. It was evidently a "planting " 

 of smoke. After he had blown some smoke over the field in general, 

 he handed the pipe to Talassyamtiwa, who said " Inaa'" (my father), 

 being answered by '■^liii'' (my child). After this Loliilomai madesix 

 black semi-circles, representing rain clouds, between the reredos and 

 in front of the sand ridge, from which a number of lines were running 

 up the ridge. These lines represent falling rain. Koyonainiwa tied 

 the four large turkey feathers that he brought in the morning into 

 two pairs; then he assisted in making the before-mentioned pedestals. 

 In the south end of the kiva some made nakwakwosis, some bando- 

 leers of yarn, etc. Whistling into the little bowl continued almost 

 incessantly. 



'At about II o'clock Nacinonsi, Tawakwaptiwa's wife, came in and 

 sat down on the east banquette. About thirty minutes later Lolulo- 

 mai's and Shokhunyoma's sister, Punnanomsi, came in and dressed 

 Nacinonsi,! who was again to take the part of the Soyalmana. In the 

 south part of the kiva four young men were dressing up, painting the 

 hands and legs white, a band above the knees, one around the body 

 and another over the chest and back. By this time the partici- 

 pants in the ceremony, the leaders first, began to bring corn ears of 

 various colors tied together with yucca leaves, three, four, five, six 

 ears in a bunch, which were piled up under and behind the altar frame 



♦Sometimes only two blossoms are placed on the corn ears and one is fastened to each of the 

 two reredos of the altar frame (see Frontispiece). 



fShe was dressed in a common dress, around which was tied the white knotted belt {tvoko- 

 kwa-wa). Over this she wore the rod, white and blue blanket {adte), and over this the embroidered 

 ceremonial robe {toihi) . In her ears she had the square turquoise ear pendants (nahkaata) that are 

 worn by the Hopi maidens. On the foot she wore the usual women's moccasins. 



