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nakwakwosi attached to it, all of these to be deposited on the following 

 afternoon by the individual makers or the owners of the bahos in their 

 fields, watermelon patches, peach orchards, etc. Fourth, one black 

 chochopkiata fourteen inches in length. These were made for the Snake 

 priests, one to be borne by each one of them during the snake dance 

 the following day, and later to be deposited by them when they 

 released the snakes. Fifth, one double green sun baho with a white 

 nakwakwosi attached to it, which was to be deposited on the follow- 

 ing morning as an offering to the sun. 



The Chief Antelope priest, in addition to the bahos above men- 

 tioned, made also the following: First, the four green bahos, such 

 as had been made by him on the three preceding days, to be deposited 

 in the shrines of the four world quarters; second, a number of nak- 

 wakwosis, the future disposition of which was not learned; and third, 

 a double green baho about three inches in length, and which differed 

 from all ordinary bahos from the fact that both sticks bore a facet 

 (these being female). This baho was deposited on the following 

 morning as a prayer offering, that many children might "be born in 

 the village." 



The four men who owned the four mongwikurus which, it has been 

 noted, stood on the south side of the sand mosaic, also made certain 

 bahos not made by the priests of the fraternity in general. Shok- 

 hungwa and Namurztiwa made one double green baho, while Lomashih- 

 kuiwa and Qom^letstiwa made, in addition to a double green baho, one 

 black chochopkiata. The ultimate fate of these bahos made by these 

 four men is not known. 



Not all of the priests worked on these bahos simultaneously, but 

 throughout the day they were passing in and out of the kiva, and 

 usually, as soon as they had consecrated their bahos, those of a kind 

 were placed in pairs and consecrated by Polihungwa (see PI. CXIV), 

 and then were placed on the floor of the kiva between the hearth and 

 the south side of the mosaic. 



The work of the baho-making being practically completed in the 

 Antelope kiva, food was brought in and the majority of the priests 

 began eating. Before they did so, however, they passed around to the 

 northwest corner of the kiva where they removed the nakwakwosis from 

 their hair, and having passed them through their hair and over their 

 heads, fastened the nakwakwosis to one of the eagle tail feathers of 

 the tiponi. During the afternoon it was also noticed that a small 

 black ring with two feathers attached to its side, similar to the one 

 described as having been used on this morning's ceremony, had been 

 made by the Antelope priest the previous day and now rested on a 



