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ments of the mosaic were four feet and five inches in diameter from 

 north to south, by five feet from east tc west, while the outer edge of 

 the white band measured three feet and seven inches by four feet and 

 three inches; the border measured (/. e., the four colored bands) five 

 and a quarter inches in breadth. The cloud symbols averaged thirteen 

 inches in length. The lightning symbols were nineteen and one-half 

 inches in length and two and one-half inches in diameter, while the 

 e.xtreme border of the head of the lightning symbol — /. e. , from the tip 

 of one horn to the other — was eight inches, and the diameter of the 

 triangle composing the head was four and three-quarters inches. The 

 black lines extending into the white field north of the mosaic proper 

 were twenty-three in number, and they were from one to one and one- 

 half inches in length. These lines symbolized the falling rain. Inas- 

 much as the cloud and lightning symbols were done by free-hand 

 drawing, naturally there would be a slight variation for the measure- 

 ments given for one symbol from those of another. Nor were the 

 bands themselves of uniform diameter, although they were fairly regu- 

 lar, owing to the fact that they had been marked off by means of a 

 string. As we were measuring the picture, just after its completion, 

 Ave noticed that Shakhungwa in his outlining the cloud symbols in 

 black had forgotten to complete the lower left-hand white symbol. 

 On his attention being called to this fact he seemed grateful, as well 

 as chagrined, and immediately filled it in with black. The mosaic in 

 its finished condition made a handsome appearance in the dimly 

 lighted kiva, the brightness of the colors being brought out especially 

 prominent by the intense black of the narrow lines which surrounded 

 each symbol or band. 



As has been noted, while the sand mosaic was being constructed, 

 the Antelope priest, Polihungwa, was occupied in the manufacture of 

 a number of bahos. After he had completed the making of the nak- 

 wakwosis to be attached to the baho sticks,- he finished five 

 blunt-pointed shafts and one blunt-pointed shaft with a facet at 

 the upper end, all of which were painted green except near the 

 point, which he painted black. He now with a small stick took 

 some honey into his mouth from a can and then spat or spurted the 

 honey from his mouth upon the black points. He then made four 

 additional sticks, five and one-quarter inches in length, with a blunt 

 point, none of which were provided with a facet. These he painted 

 black throughout their length. Polihungwa now left the kiva and 

 soon returned with a sprig of green Artimisia Frigida {kufia). Resum- 

 ing his work on the bahos, he took up a corn husk which he tore into 

 two pieces, one of which — a strip of about an inch in width — he bent 



