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black ^ • white 



black ^ green 



It will be noticed that in decorating these bahos the five cere- 

 monial colors, yellow for the north, green for the west, red for the 

 south, white for the east, and black for above, are used.* 



The relation between the colors of the corn-ears and the dots 

 representing the kernels, is irregular. The order usually observed is, 

 that where two colors are used together, either the color of the next 

 cardinal point xs used, for instance, green (west) with yellow (north), red 

 (south) with green (west), etc., the ceremonial circuit being: north, 

 west, south, east, north-east (representing above) and south-west (repre- 

 senting below), or the two colors of the opposite cardinal points are 

 used together: yellow (north) with red (south), etc. 



After all the bahos had been painted, Masatoiniwa tied to the 

 obverse side of each one a small corn-husk packet containing corn-meal 

 and honey, and a nakwakwosi previously prepared by Homikini. The 

 bahos were then placed near the altar to be completed the next day. 



In the afternoon the men were out a part of the time, attending 

 to their duties. 



It has already been stated that some baskets are made during the 

 day. I noticed on several occasions that when women left their 

 partly finished trays in the kiva they placed them on the altar, asper- 

 ging them with a little water from the medicine bowl. 



I have noticed that sometimes food is brought into the kiva on 

 these days in the four ceremonial bowls, four mush trays and four piki 

 trays. It is said that this is sent in for the novices by their god- 

 mothers, and also for the chief priestess, but there seems to be no rule 

 about this matter. 



SEVENTH DAY. 

 PI'kTOTOKA. (PIKI DAY.) 



This is another of the less important days of the ceremony. The 

 men usually get some firewood, and in 1893 and 1895 they completed 

 the ka6bahos by tying to the reverse side of each one a sprig of ktina 



' This, of which also only one was made, had a similar cloud symbol, but of two semicircles, 

 which were drawn side by side, and without any lightning symbols. 



''One of this kind also had a cloud symbol, like the previous one, but a third semicircle was 

 drawn over and connecting the two. and, while all the other segments were drawn in black outlines 

 only, this last one was filled with a coat of white kaolin. 



^ The south is supposed to " own " all kinds (soyohim) of colors. Thus, while in songs the first 

 stanza speaks about yellow birds, flowers, corn, etc., the second about blue (green) etc., the sixth 

 speaks, usually, about soyohim (all kinds of) blossoms, corn, birds, etc. Where only one particular 

 color can be used, for instance in stones, shells, etc., around the medicine bowl, a jiray object is used, 

 although this color seems to be then considered more as a mixture of colors than as a typical color. 

 The corn-ear vised for " below " is always a sweet corn-ear (tawAkchi). 



