42 P'lKLD Columbian Museum — Anthropology, Vol. III. 



by Lolulomai, Lomankwa and others. These corn ears had the colors 

 of the cardinal points, yellow (north), green (west), red (south), white 

 (east), black (northeast or above), sweet corn (southwest or below). 

 Shokhunyomawas preparing the small bahos, crooks, etc., to be placed 

 before the altar. When Lolulomai and his assistants had put up the 

 altar frame, as already mentioned, Lolulomai put the quartz crystal 

 tiponi in front of the altar in the center, and on each side two monko- 

 hos. In front of the tiponihe placed ■a.monwikuru and then alternately 

 a little cake {pikaviki) and a small clay pedestal or stand, with either 

 the long green bahos and grass or the little crooks shown on the draw- 

 ing. In every instance he first sprinkled meal from the six directions 

 and waved the object to be put down, also from the six directions, 

 towards the center. Koyonainiwa fixed and put up the two grass 

 standards on each side of the altar. Y^shiwa put cornmeal and a fiak- 

 wakwost on each of the pedestals. On the east side of the altar, in 

 front of the sand ridge, he placed two regular tipotiis, which differed 

 somewhat from the usual tiponi in having tied to the foreside of the 

 bod}' a small bunch of small eagle feathers, to each of which, on one 

 of the tiponis, is tied a corn-husk packet. The monkohos looked very 

 old and no decoration could be distinguished on them; each had two 

 large turkey feathers and a white corn ear fastened to them.* (For 

 large altar see frontispiece, PI. I.) 



When the erection of the altar was completed, Shokhun^oma 

 stepped to the east side of the altar, Sikamoniwa took a stand by his 

 side (south), then Tanakveimat then Lomankwa, then Talahoyoma, 

 and lastly Koyonainiwa. Each took a little talassi (corn pollen), held, 

 it in great solemnity to his lips and sprinkled it on the monkohos and 

 along the row of cakes, bahos and crooks; first Shokhunyoma, who when 

 done stepped behind the others and walked to the foot (south end) 

 of the line. Sikamoniwa then did the same, also going to the foot of 

 the line, etc. Lolulomai was in the meanwhile smoking. Y^shiwa 

 began the preparation of the erection of the small altar. (See PI. 

 XVIII.) The four young men who had been dressed up in the south 

 end of the kiva were now ready and were dressed as follows: they 

 had on a Katcina sash and kilt, fox skin, many strands of beads, yarn 

 around legs, fancy ankle bands, moccasins, strings of green beads in 

 the ears and bunches of plain and of colored feathers on their heads. 

 Their arms up to the elbow, hands, lower legs, feet, shoulders and 

 hair, also a band around the abdomen and over the knees, were 



* These four monkohos belong to Sh6khunyoma, LomAnkwa, Sikani6niwa and TalSssyamtiwa 

 (formerly Tan^lkveima). 



t In 1899 TaUssyamtiva took TanAkveima's place. 



