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IB,, 1905. Oraibi Natal Customs — Voth. ^m 



whereupon she placed the baby on her back again, the mother takinjf 

 the corn-ears, and both returned to the house. The mother, it seems, 

 dispensed with going through the same rites, as is usually done on these 

 occasions. 



While they attended to this performance, the father of the child 

 prepared some suds, whereupon he also washed his head. A sumptuous 

 morning meal followed, in which a nun)ber of the relatives of the fam- 

 ilv participated. 



.\fter this morning meal the grandmother is usually given a con- 



derable quantity of food, principally piki, which she wraps up in a 



anket and takes home with her. • See Fig. 8. 



