June, 1902. The Mishongnovi Ceremonies — Dorsey. 179 



After all had partaken of breakfast they removed their clothing, and 

 seating themselves in a circle about the fireplace they engaged in 

 silent ceremonial smoking. 



After the boys in the Antelope kiva had finished their breakfast 

 they were addressed by old Homiyamtiwa, whereupon they left the 

 kiva and did not return until the time for the noonday meal, when 

 they again brought food and ate as before, the same performance being 

 repeated at night, by which time they were joined by additional 

 comrades. 



At about ten o'clock Lomanakshu left the kiva and soon 

 returned with his plume box. He seated himself on the west side of 

 the floor of the kiva, disrobed and let down his hair. Opening the 

 plume box he began making nakwakwosis. These consisted of a 

 short cotton string about three inches long with a breath feather 

 attached. After he had made four the plume box was wrapped up 

 and suspended from a peg on the wall. He then opened a sack of 

 red paint (cu/tf) and stained the nakwakwosis, including the feathers, 

 red, whereupon he spat into his hands and by rubbing, removed the 

 red paint from his hands upon his face and arms. He then placed 

 the nakwakwosis on the meal tray with the feathers hanging over the 

 sides of the tray lying just in front of the snake whips, which he then 

 carried up by the side of the fireplace. Filling a pipe with native 

 tobacco and lighting it he took the tray in his left hand and smoked into 

 it and over the nakwakwosis four times. He placed the tray on the 

 floor near the fireplace and finished smoking. Hereupon Choshnim- 

 tiwa left the kiva and soon returned with some yucca leaves and a 

 bimch of cedar bark. He shredded the cedar bark and gathered together 

 a long roll of it, about twenty inches in length and about one inch in 

 diameter, which he wrapped with one of the yucca leaves and placed it 

 near the fireplace. Lomanakshu then handed a nakwakwosi to each 

 one of the three men present who responded "kwakwaf (thanks) and 

 tied the nakwakwosi in their hair.* 



Lomanakshu then left the Snake kiva and entered the Antelope 

 kiva, where Polihungwa had been making the same number of 

 nakwakwosis, and one uncolored piihii. The two chief priests sat 

 down side by side (see PI. LXXXIV) near the fireplace, Polihungwa 

 lighting a pipe and after a few puffs handing it to Lomanakshu, both 

 then smoking silently and exchanging occasional terms of relation- 

 ship. After this had continued for some time Polihungwa addressed 

 Lomanakshu at some length and gave the four nakwakwosis to him, 



♦This feather is called nalnvatta (from naivakna, wish, want, desire, pray) and is worn bv 

 every participant of any kiva cerenionx . It usually consists of a single small eagle feather, although 

 there are exceptions, as in the case of the Mauzrantu, who used two sparrow-hawk feathers. 



