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placed the sand, juniper branches, and yucca leaves, sweeping every- 

 thing up very thoroughly. The heated stone was also placed on this 

 tray. Hereupon the grandmother took the same broom and swept the 

 fourth corn -meal line, which still remained upon the wall, into her left 

 hand, throwing the corn-meal also into the tray. The meal on a joist 

 was then scraped off. A live ember from the fireplace in the corner 

 was finally placed on the tray, then Q6ma took the tray in her left 

 arm, and the little pail of water, containing some more juniper sprigs, 

 in her right hand, and carried these things to a "placenta pile" outside 

 of the village. This pile is about one hundred yards north of the 

 house. On this she threw the tray with its contents, pouring also the 



water on it. The little 

 tin-pail she brought back 

 with her. Upon her re- 

 turn to the house the bowl 

 with the suds was again 

 brought forward, the baby 

 taken out, and its head 

 bathed by the grand- 

 mother. The child was 

 entirely nude, and did 

 not cry at all. After the 

 grandmother was through 

 bathing the child's head, 

 Q6ma took it and also 

 washed its head. They 

 held the child in their 

 left hand, back downward. The suds was then poured into another 

 bowl, and fresh water poured into this bowl, with which the head of 

 the child was rinsed. The water was again poured into the other 

 bowl, and fresh water taken, and the face of the child received 

 another washing. Hereupon the little one was placed into the bowl, 

 and the entire body bathed by Qdma. She then handed it to the 

 grandmother, who wrapped it up in a blanket, which the mother had 

 in the mean while warmed by the fire. The child at once went to 

 sleep. See Fig. 6. 



A third woman came in, who was the sister of the father of the 

 child. She also bathed the child's entire body, the child by this time 

 having something to say about the matter. 



The three women who had come in by this time belonged to the 

 Coyote clan, the clan of the father. 



When the third woman was through, the child was again wrapped 



Fig. 6. The baby sleeping during an interval 

 between two baths. 



