6 Field Columbian Museum— Anthropology, Vol. VI., No. I. 



considerably higher than on the other sides. ^ It is also claimed that 

 later on, when repairing this kiva, it was also called Aoat (Bow) kiva, 

 because the people belonging to the Bow clan, who built it and were 

 its principal occupants, still controlled it. At present the men who 

 occupy that kiva belong to many different clans, as is the case with 

 every Hopi kiva, although the clan who has built it is usually consid- 

 ered to be the owner of it. 



Besides the Oaqoltu, the Lalakontu and the Masilalentu (Drab 

 Flute) Societies celebrate their ceremonies in the Howiovi kiva. The 

 kiva is of the usual size, about twenty-four feet long, twelve feet wide, 

 and from seven to ten feet high, being lower at the two ends. The 

 portion north of the ladder is about a foot deeper than the part south 

 of it; a banquette, about twelve inches high by about fifteen inches 

 wide, runs along the two sides and th6 north end of the deeper portion. 

 In fact, the kiva is constructed in essentially the same way as all the 

 other kivas in Oraibi. 



TIME AND DURATION OF THE CELEBRATION. 



The Oaqol ceremony is observed every year of uneven numbers, 

 alternating with the I-agon and Maraii ceremonies, which take place in 

 the years of even numbers. It always occurs in the latter part of 

 October or the first part of November, or both, as the following dates 

 show: 



1893, October 26 to November 3, 



1895, November i to November 9. 



1897, October 23 to October 31. 



1899, October 28 to November 5. 



1901, October 22 to October 30. 



1903, November 3 to November 11. 



Eight days before the beginning of the ceremony, a short prelimi- 

 nary ceremony, the so called Baholawu (baho-making), takes place in 

 the morning in the ancestral home of the Sand clan, and another 

 gathering of a few of the leaders in the house of the kikmongwi in the 

 evening; whereupon the public announcement of the ceremony follows 

 early the next morning. 



'■ Others claim — and this is probably correct — that the name is derived from certain decorations 

 on the inside of certain Hopi bows, that run down (hawi'ota) on each edge of the bow. An analogy 

 may be found in the name of another kiva (Hochichwi), which was also originally built by the Bow 

 clan and named after a zigzag line (hochi'chvaita) on certain Hopi bows. When later it was repaired 

 by the Badger clan, it was called Honani (Badger) kiva. 



