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accompanying himself by rapid talking (rather half singing, half 

 talking). He had in his right hand a long crook to the middle of 

 which was fastened a black corn ear, in the left seven corn ears, a 

 monkoho and a monwikuru. His costume (see PI. XXIX) consisted of 

 the usual Katcina kilt and sash, a woman's sash, ankle bands, a turtle 

 rattle on each leg, green arm-bands, a fox skin, and numerous strands 

 of beads around the neck, but he had on no moccasins. The head-dress 

 consisted of a frame made of leather bands to the front of which was 

 attached the figure of a four-pointed star, and to the sides an artificial 

 blossom of the same kind as those on the large altar and on the screen. 

 The body was not painted, except with lines of small white dots, which 

 ran from the point of the big toes upward along the front part of the 

 legs, also from the heels over the calves of the legs, and finally from 

 the thumb along the front side of the arms to the shoulders and down 

 to the nipples, and from the hand along the outside of the arms to 

 the shoulders and down on each side of the back. Shokhunyoma stood 

 west of the fireplace holding a ba/io and a meal tray and occasionally 

 sprinkled meal towards the priest. To his left stood Y^shiwa 

 dressed in the white 07ua, his face painted white. All at once the 

 Star priest made a leap towards Shokhunyoma, handed him the crook, 

 monkoho and corn ears and received from Yeshiwa a sun symbol, 

 which the latter had brought from the Wtkolapi kiva and which he 

 had held concealed under the oioa, and which was fastened to a stick. 

 This the priest,* now acting as Sun priest, took, holding the stick 

 in both hands, shook it, and then, while dancing north of the fireplace 

 sideways from east to west, and west to east, twirled the sun symbol 

 very fast in the same directions, symbolizing the going and coming of 

 the sun. Some one screamed, but who, it was not ascertained. 

 Soon a song was intoned again, the drum now beating a little louder 

 than before. Koyonainiwa all the time asperged the Sun priest, 

 Katcina. When the latter stopped, Shokhunyoma waved the crook up 

 and down, accompanied occasionally by some one screaming. The 

 song was about LdloekoUf the mythical plumed water serpent. The 

 dancing and jumping of the Sun priest, was varied and extremely 

 picturesque. 



When the song ceased the Sun priest jumped toward Sh6khun- 

 yoma, who, it seemed, gave him his baho. The latter and Yeshiwa 

 then went over to the Wikolapi kiva, Koyonainiwa accompanying them 

 to the top of the Ponovi kiva, when he re-entered and disrobed; 

 Ydshiwa and the Sun priest disrobed in the Wikolapi kiva. It was 



* For pictures of the Star priest as he appears in the Wowochim ceremony see PI. XXIX. 



