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PL. XXII. Altar and sand painting of Knife society 98 



XXIII. Altar of Knife society photographed during ceremonial 100 



XXIV. Ho'-ua-ai-te of Knife society 102 



XXV. Altar of Knife society, with ho'-na-ai-te and ^ace ho'-na-ai-te on 



either side 104 



XXVI. Shrine of Knife society 108 



XXVII. Shrine of Knife society 110 



XXVIII. Altar of Quer'-riin-na society 112 



XXIX. Altar of Quer'-riin-na society 114 



XXX. Ho'-na-ai-te of Quer'-riin-na society 116 



XXXI. Sia masks {A, masks of the K^'sft-na; B, mask of female Ki-'sft- 



na ; C, masks of the Ka-'sCl-na) 118 



XXXII. Sia masks (A, masks of the Ka-'sfl-na; B, masks of female K^-'sft- 



na) 120 



XXXIII. Prayer to the rising sun 122 



XXXIV. Personal adornment when received into tlio third degree of offi- 



cial membership of Cult society (J, spider; JS, cougar; C, fire; 

 D, Knife and Giant; E, costume when victor is received into 

 society of Warriors ; F, body of warrior prejiared for burial, 



only the face, hands, and feet being painted ) 140 



XXXV. Ceremonial water vases; Sia {A, a cross emblematic of the rain 

 from the cardinal points ; B, faces of the cloud men ; 6', faces 

 of the cloud women ; D, clouds and rain ; E, vegetation ; F, 



dragonfly, symbolic of water) 146 



KiG. 1. Sia women on their way to trader's to dispose of pottery 12 



2. Sia women returning from trader's with flour and corn 13 



3. Pauper 18 



4. Breaking the earth under tent 21 



5. Womeu and girls bringing clay 22 



6. Women and girls bringing clay 23 



7. Depositing the clay 24 



8. Mixing the clay with the freshly broken earth 25 



9. Women sprinkling the earth 26 



10. The process of leveling 27 



1 1 . Stampers starting to work 28 



12. Mixing clay for plaster 29 



13. Childish curiosity 30 



14. Mask of the sun, drawn by a theurgist 36 



15. Diagram of the White House of the North, drawn by a theurgist. 58 



16. The game of Wash'kasi 60 



17. Sand painting as indicated in Plate xxv 102 



18. Sand painting used in ceremonial for sick by Ant society 103 



19. Sia doctress 133 



20. Mother with her infant four days old 142 



