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984 TUSAYAN FLUTE AND SNAKE CEREMONIES (ETH. ANN. 19 
ANTELOPE PRIESTS IN THE PuBLIC DANCE 
Twelve Antelope priests lined up near the kisi in the Walpi Snake 
dance of 1897 (plate tv). Eight of these stood on the same side of 
the cottonwood bower at the Snake rock, while four were on the oppo- 
site side. All the former were adults, and three of the latter were 
boys. It will at once be noticed that there is a difference in the 
adornment and bodily markings of the adult Antelope priests. This 
variation is believed to be of significance, probably being connected 
with the clans to which the participants belong. 
Following are the names of the Antelope priests who took part in 
the public dance: 
1. Teoshoniwt (Tcino). This man acted as the asperger, calling 
out the foreign word ‘‘ teamahia” at the kisi. He wore on his head a 
fillet of green cottonwood leaves and a white ceremonial kilt bound 
about his waist with a knotted cord. His face was not painted, nor 
was his chin blackened; and the white marginal line from the upper 
lip to the ears, so typical of the Antelope priests, did not appear. He 
‘arried a medicine bowl and an aspergill, but no rattle. His body 

was not decorated with zigzag lines, which are so conspicuous on the 
chest, back, arms, and legs of the Antelope chief. Tcoshoniwti took 
no part in the secret rites of either the Antelope or the Snake priests, 
and he appeared only in the public exhibitions. He belongs to the 
Patki (Water-house) clan. 
2. Wiki stood next in line, and as he is the Antelope chief his 
dress and bodily decoration were typical of the priests of that society. 
He wore on his head a small white feather, and his chin was painted 
black with a bordering white line from the ears to the upper lip. He 
wore a white ceremonial kilt with a knotted sash, and also moccasins 
and armlets. On both breasts down to the abdomen, and on his back, 
arms, thighs, and legs were zigzag lines in white. He carried a 
rattle in his right hand, a basket tray of sacred meal in bis left, and 
on his left arm rested the Antelope palladium, or Tecith-tiponi. Wiki 
belongs to the Snake clan and is an uncle of Kopeli, the Snake chief. 
3. Katei: The bodily decoration of this priest was like that of the 
Antelope chief, except that he wore a bunch of variegated feathers in 
his hair. He carried a stick in the left and a rattle in the right hand, 
and wore armlets in which cottonwood boughs were inserted. Katei 
is chief of the Kokop, or Firewood, clan. 
4,5. Pontima and Kwaa: The faces of these two men were painted 
differently from those of Wiki or Katci; their chins were not black- 
ened, nor was a white line painted from the upper lip to the ears. 
Their chests were decorated with two parallel white bands, instead of 
zigzag lines characteristic of Antelope priests. Their forearms and 
legs were painted white, but not in zigzag designs. They wore 
embroidered anklets, but were without moccasins. Bunches of varie- 
