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Pl. CLVI. The Snake Kiva and Snake Plaza. 

 The kiva seen in the foreground is the Snake kiva, from which the priests are 

 just issuing to leave the village for a snake hunt. They are headed by the chief 

 priest, who carries in a blanket some food for the noonday meal, tobacco, pipes, 

 etc. All hold in their left hand a small buckskin bag for the snakes and a snake 

 whip. One of the priests is just in the act of picking up a ship-wika, which they 

 hold in their right hand. To the left of the plate, in front of the one-story house, 

 is the place where the snake dance takes place. Northwest of the Snake kiva is 

 the Maraii kiva, partly hidden from view; in this the Maraii Society holds its cere- 

 monies, and in the one still farther to the north-west, the Hondni kiva, the Powdmu 

 ceremonials are performed, while in the fourth one, on the top of which a man is 

 seen, and which is called the Blue Flute kiva, the fraternity of that name holds its 

 performances. 



