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from time to time from the slow trembling movement to tlie long leaps. 

 During this time his k-i'nqalaLala — if he is a novice — dances backward 

 in front of him. She stands erect and holds her hands and forearms 

 extended forward as thongh she was carrying a body for the ha'mats'a 

 to eat. Then his eyes are directed to her hands, which she keei)S mov- 

 ing up and down a little with each step. Her open palms are turned 



upward. In his second dance the 

 ha'mats'a dances standing erect. 

 While in his first dance he is naked, 

 he is now clothed in a blanket. 

 Now he holds his forearms upward, 

 the elbows being near his flanks, the 

 palms forward, the lingers lightly 

 bent. His hands are still trembling 

 violently. His dance consists of 

 rhythmical steps coincident with 

 the beats of the batons. He takes 

 very high steps, so that his knees 

 almost touch his chest. When rais- 

 ing one foot, he bends at the same 

 time the knee of the 

 other leg, and thus 

 drops his trunk consid- 

 erably without chang- 

 ing his position (Plate 

 2.S), He always puts 

 down the whole sole 

 of his foot. 



When he first returns 

 from his initiation, he 

 wears a head ring, neck 

 ring, waist ring, brace- 

 let, and anklets made 

 of hemlock branches. 

 The form of these rings 

 varies according to the 

 legend from which tlie 

 ha'mats'a derives his 

 origin. While most of 

 them have plain hemlock rings, one ha'mats'a of the Koskimo has his 

 set with small rings of white peeled twigs, which set off clearly against 

 the dark green ring of balsam pine (see p. 595). 



The painting of the face of the ha'mats'a also depends upon the 

 legend from which he derives his origin. Most of them have their faces 

 ])ainted black all over, while others have two curved red lines on each 

 cheek running from the corner of the mouth to the ear in a wide curve 



Fis. 68. 



I.ARCE HEAD RIXO OF HA'MATS'A. 



Frout and side view. 



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