Pl. CXX. Interior of Snake Kiva. 



a. At the rear end of the kiva may be seen the four receptacles in which 

 the snakes are confined during the ceremony; in front and to the left are the bull- 

 roarers and lightning frames, where they remain from the conclusion of the per- 

 formance on tlie morning of the eighth until the morning of the ninth day. 



b. The walls of the kiva are covered with clothing of the Snake priests, 

 brought into the kiva on the morning of the ninth day. The three large stones in 

 the corner of the kiva were removed from a niche in the wall on this morning by 

 the priests in searching for one of the snakes which had escaped from one of the 

 receptacles. 



