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morning offering to the sun. The grandmother already had the child 

 on her back, and was ready to start, when another woman came in to 

 bathe the child. She complained that she had not gotten awake in 

 time. So the child was taken out of its wrappings and received an eighth 

 bath. This woman was Lomanan-Kwusha's wife. She gave the child 

 the name of "Well-Caught" (Lomavikta), referring to chasing and 

 capturing a fox. The grandmother and the mother then again made 

 ready for the morning offering, the grandmother taking the child on her 

 back, the mother the two corn-ears, and both a little pinch of corn-meal. 



Fig. 7. Ottering sacred meal to tlie 

 rising sun. 



Fig. 8. Grandmother carrying home 

 food. 



They proceeded to the edge of the mesa, southeast of the village, where 

 the main trail leaves the mesa. Here the mother took the blanket from 

 the grandmother's back, and assisted the latter in taking the child in her 

 arms. Holding the child in her right arm, the grandmother breathed a 

 silent prayer on the meal which she held in her right hand. See Fig. 7. 

 Rubbing a small quantity of it on and between the lips of the baby, she 

 threw the rest towards the rising sun. She then sucked the meal from the 

 child's lips, and spurted it towards the east, which she did four times in all. 

 Hereupon she took the two ears of corn from the mother, extended them 

 towards the east, and with a circular motion towards the left brought 

 them to the baby's chest. This she did four times also. As she went 

 through this performance, she repeated the different names which the 

 child had received. Finally, she expressed a good wish for the child, 



