Nov., 1903. Oraibi Summer Snake Ceremony — Voth. 279 



woman of the house was sent on different errands, after a paint mortar, 

 turkey feathers, etc. She also shelled a few ears of white corn and 

 ground the same into meal to be used in the ceremony. 



It was noticed that those who made bdhos took a small quantity 

 of honey into their mouths as soon as they had finished cutting the 

 sticks for the bahos, spat it into their hands, and then rubbed their 

 bodies with their hands. The paint for the bahos was prepared by 

 Tob^ngotiwa. It was also noticed that in painting the tips of the 

 bahos always the two sticks (male and female) belonging together, 

 were taken up and held in the hand together while the tips were painted 

 black. When the bahos were about finished all made a number of 

 nakwakwosis, so that when all were done the following prayer offerings 

 had been made: By Tob^ngotiwa, four double, green, black-tipped 

 bdhos, about four and one-half inches long and eight ptlhus (roads) ; 

 Mokdhtiwa, six red ^ pflhus and two yellow' ones; Kiwanhoya, one 

 bdho like Tob^ngotiwa's, two yellow pflhus and eight red nakwdk- 

 wosis; Sihongwa, two yellow pdhus and five red nakwdkwosis; 

 Yukioma, seven yellow pflhus and seven red nakwdkwosis; Macangon- 

 tiwa, two double bdhos (each with one black and one green stick) 

 about five inches long, two yellow pflhus and five red nakwdkwosis; 

 Cflkaoma, one baho (like Macdngontiwa's, but a trifle shorter), two 

 yellow, and seven red pflhus. 



The twine and a part of the feather of the nakwdkwosis on all the 

 bdhos was stained with cflta, a red mineral paint. 



When all were through making their bdhos, nakwdkwosis, etc., 

 these prayer offerings were placed on the tray in the following order: 

 Tob^ngotiwa, one baho and one yellow pflhu, each towards the north, 

 west, south, and east, one bdho and the balance of the pflhus towards 

 the south-east; Macdngontiwa, one bdho north, one west, two pflhus 

 south-west, and the five red nakwakwosis he distributed towards the 

 south, east, and north-east; Cflkaoma, one bdho north, two yellow 

 pAhus south-west, and the red pflhus, he distributed to the different 

 points, but just how I could not record, as several were distributing 

 at the same time; Kiwdnhoya, bdho north, the two yellow pflhus south- 

 west, ana the red nakwakwosis to different points, but just how, I 

 could not keep track of; Sihongwa, the yellow pflhus to the south- 

 west, the red nakwdkwosis to the different cardinal points; Yukioma 

 placed his somewhat differently, but I could not follow closely. He 

 put none towards the north-east, this may have been due, however, to 

 the fact that Yukioma participated in this ceremony for the first time. 



• The terms red and yellow mean here that the strings and fuzzy part of the feathers of these 

 prayer offerings were stained with these respective colors. 



