Dec, 1903. The Oraibi Oaqol Ceremony — Voth. 15 



Fourth Song. The sprinkler first takes a little sacred meal from 

 a tray between her thumb and forefinger, sprinkles it along the 

 north corn-ear into the medicine bowl, then some corn-pollen, where- 

 upon she picks up the corn-ear, holds it over the medicine bowl, and 

 pours a little water from the mdngwikuru over the corn-ear into the 

 medicine bowl. This performance she repeats with the other five corn- 

 eals during the following five verses of the song. While the 



Fifth Song is chanted the sprinkler only asperges occasionally to- 

 wards the altar, but during the 



Sixth Song Masatoiniwa goes to the fireplace, lights the omawtapi 

 (cloud producer), a large, cone-shaped pipe which he has previously • 

 filled, takes a little honey into his mouth, kneels before the medicine 

 bowl, and taking the wide end of the pipe between his lips, blows 

 large clouds of smoke towards the altar, over the objects in front of 

 it, and into the medicine bowl. The smoke usually causes intense 

 coughing of the women, so that they can only keep up the singing 

 with great difficulty. After cleaning the pipe he replaces it near the 

 fireplace and then resumes his seat in the circle of singers. 



Seventh Song. The sprinkler takes the cloud block with the butter- 

 fly on it that stands on the north side of the medicine bowl, tilts 

 it forward so that the butterfly touches the water in the medicine 

 bowl, and then waves it up and down slightly to the time of the sing- 

 ing. In this manner she "waters" the butterflies that stand on the 

 other three sides of the medicine bowl, and then also the two birds on 

 the west side of the altar. 



Eighth Song. During the first stanza the sprinkler waves the 

 bone whistle towards the medicine bowl from the north side, and then 

 whistles into the bowl several — generally three — times. During the 

 second stanza she does the same from the west side, and so on, from 

 the six ceremonial directions, asperging with the makwdnpi (aspergill) 

 (see A, PI. VII) after the whistling.' 



During the following four songs nothing of importance takes 

 place, but during the 



Thirteenth Song Ng6si takes a tray containing a powder that 

 consists of corn-meal and pulverized sunflower blossom leaves, stands 

 on the north-west corner of the altar awhile, waving the tray up and 

 down to the time of the singing, and then she rubs a little of the 

 powder into the face of every participant, whereupon she resumes her 

 position on the north-west corner of the altar, again waving the tray 

 to the time of the singing. When the singing stops she places the 



' In igoi this vtbistJing took place during the seventh, the watering of the birds during the 

 eighth song. 



