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daubed with white kaolin. They now waited. Sh6khun}oma, Tal- 

 asskwaptiwa* and Tobehoyoma sat down before the large altar and 

 smoked, then spat honey on the altar and into their hands and 

 rubbed their bodies. On the floor before them was a tray with many 

 baJios. The first two then rattled, Tobehoyoma sprinkled meal and 

 corn pollen all over the sand field and along the line of objects which 

 stood on the field in front of the altar; there was no singing. In 

 about half an hour the rattling ceased, one of the three men blew a 

 bone whistle towards the altar, whereupon all three smoked from a 

 pipe that had been handed to them by the pipe lighter and then sat 

 in silence. The four young men had in the meantime completed 

 their costumes and at about 1:15 they started out. Before ascending 

 the ladder, each one, holding to a round, laid down on the ladder as 

 it were, and went through the motions of cohabitation. Each one 

 had a tray and outside took one of the four natsis (see PI. XIX b and 

 </) and they then ran through the village and gathered from the in- 

 habitants of the village such bundles of tied-up corn ears as have 

 already been described, and brought them to the kiva, where they 

 were taken in by other men and piled behind the altar, the same as 

 those that the participants of the ceremony had already brought in. 

 The whistling into the little bowl still continued. 



In the Saktvalanve kiva they had, in 1897, in the meanwhile also 

 made a small altar consisting only of a small sand picture, covered 

 with cornmeal, on which were drawn some black cloud symbols, two 

 eight-pointed blossom symbols also being placed on it. North of the 

 sand field corn was piled up. Three mo/jkohos, a tiponi and the small 

 crooks and bahos as in the Ponovi kiva made up the altar. On the 

 floor were standing about twenty trays (various sizes) with cornmeal, 

 which was placed on several trays west of the altar, and some on one 

 that was standing north of the fireplace and on which were lying four 

 chochokpiota or black single prayer sticks, and a number of small corn- 

 husk pouches (like those on bahos). 



In the Ponovi kiva, Y^shiwa had finished the small altar in the 

 southwest corner of the deeper part of the kiva. The three men 

 (Shokhunyoma, Talaskwaptiwa and Tobehoyoma) had kept their places 

 before the large altar while the four messengers carried in the corn; 

 this was taken down the ladder by some young men but carried to the 

 altar by Telahoyoma and Sikamoniwa. (See PI. XX). When the corn 

 was all in, the messengers disrobed and the three men left the altar. 

 At about 2:15 p. M. all went to their houses and each got a small tray 



* In 1899 SikamOniwa. 



