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Tanakveima"^ and Lomankwa took their monkoJios and some bahos and 

 went from the kiva to Talasswaptiwa's house; Koyonainiwa also went, 

 but he had no motikoho. Here they deposited #ome bahos in a shrine 

 under the ladder leading into the room in which Y(5shiwa and the 

 women were putting oq, their ceremonial costumes. The four men 

 sat down on the north wall of the house. Punnanomsi and Nacinonsi, 

 her daughter-in-law, arrayed as described, sat near the fireplace. Y^sh- 

 iwa and Lolulomai's sons, who had assisted in arranging the beads, 

 costumes, etc., of the two, sat on the west wall.. Koyonainiwa now 

 made a short speech, whereupon the five men went out but waited 

 for two menf [Kwa/ciuanius) who were taking in a large painted 

 screen of buckskin stretched over a frame. (See PI. XXVIII.) The 

 five then went in and Y^shiwa and Nacinonsi came out of the house 

 and waited at the north side of the kiva, Y^shiwa holding cornmeal, 

 four meal balls and the two mashaata. The picture was put up north of 

 the fireplace. Then the screeching commenced again outside and 

 was answered by the same sound from within; the meal balls were 

 thrown in as before, whereupon Ydshiwa and Nacinonsi came in. 

 Ydshiwa sat down east of the ladder, the two Kwakivantus sitting on 

 the west side. Y^shiwa then stepped forward, squatted down, 

 screeched, waved the same two mashaata that Lolulomai had used, 

 Nacinonsi following hyn, but standing. Both slowly worked their way 

 around the picture. The five men had meanwhile returned from the 

 house to the kiva and sat down on the east side of the elevated part 

 of the kiva. When the two had danced around the picture, Lolulomai 

 handed a tray with two corn ears, some cornmeal and some feather 

 bahos to Shokhunyoma, who prayed over it. Then the other four 

 men sitting by Shokhunyoma's side did the same. Cigarettes had 

 meanwhile been handed to Ydshiwa, the two Kwakwantus, some one 

 in the back part of the kiva, and to the five men on the elevated 

 portion of the kiva, and all smoked. Tobdhoyoma took the cloud 

 blower and blew smoke against the back of the picture. Shokhunyoma 

 then took the tray and corn ear, after he and the other four men had 

 prayed over them, stooped down before the picture and scraped with 

 the corn ear all the seeds from the picture into the tray, and also ran 

 the corn ear over the artificial blossoms on the two edges of the 

 screen from above downward, as if scraping them also. He then 

 stood up and holding his monkoho in his left, the tray in both hands, 



* In later ceremonies TaUssyamtiwa, Taniikveima having died. 



+ In iSgf) and 1900 TanAkyeshtiwa and another man got the screen and as they wore cos- 

 tumes about like the Kwakivantus and it was night, it is possible that I mistook Tan<lkyeshtiwa 

 and his companion at that time for the two Kivakwantus, the four going into the kiva at about the 

 same time. 



