THE HO PI INDIANS OF ARIZONA. 



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before being used, are covered with a thick coat of kaolin, so that 

 they are quite stiff. With these garments belongs a reed mat suffi- 

 ciently large to envelop the small blanket and the sash. 



So far as I am able to learn, the three pieces of this remark- 

 able costume are never worn except on a single occasion, and at 

 only one other time does the bride formally appear in any of them. 

 About a month after the marriage ceremony has been performed, 

 during which time she has been living with the family of her hus- 

 band, she completes the marriage ceremony by returning to the 

 house of her mother. This is termed " going home," and this will 

 be her place of abode until she and her husband own a dwelling of 





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Grave of Child in Kock Crevice. 



their own. For this ceremony she puts on the larger of the two 

 blankets, which reaches almost to the ground and comes up high on 

 the back of the head, covering her ears. The smaller blanket and 

 the sash are rolled up in the mat, and with this in front of her on 

 her two arms she begins her journey " home." This white cotton 

 costume is probably a survival from times which antedate the intro- 

 duction of wool into the Southwest. 



Who makes all these garments,' blankets, etc.? Not the women, 

 as you might expect, but the riien. A Hopi woman doesn't even 

 make her own moccasins. If you will descend into one of the kivas 



