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put aside, and kept until morning. It is not until then that the flesh 

 cooked can be eaten, namely, at the common banquet following the 

 last ceremony of the feast, the dressing of the victor. 



The dance, as usual, is continued until dawn, when it is finished 

 with the customary bath in the river. 



The Last Day of the Feast : Nambera Shiakma, " The Feast is 



Concluded " 



About 8 o'clock in the morning the last great ceremony is per- 

 formed with the slayer, in which the priest dresses him in a festive 

 dress, makes him break his fast, and lastly cuts his hair and paints 

 his body black with genipa. 



The beginning of the ceremony, the carrying of the seats, the bring- 

 ing of the tsantsa placed on a shield, etc., is exactly the same as on 

 the previous day when the trophy was to be washed. The slayer 

 and the priest, accompanied by the former's wife, have especially to 

 fetch each seat upon which these persons will sit during the cere- 

 mony, a special seat being likewise brought for the medicine man. 

 The priest helps the slayer to seat himself, and the slayer in his turn 

 helps the priest. Between the seats the shield with the tsantsa has 

 been placed. Upon the shield, besides, all those articles of cloth- 

 ing and ornaments are laid with Avhich the slayer himself as well as 

 his wife and daughter will be dressed. These articles, as far as the 

 slayer is concerned, are the following: A new loin cloth (itipi) with 

 a girdle of human hair {aknchu) ; a broad band, the ends of which 



are adorned with toucan feathers and human hair, called ifsirruita. 



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 to tie round the great pigtail at the neck; and two red-painted cot- 

 ton strings Avith which the small braids at the temples are tied; a 

 comb, timasJii; ear sticks, arusa; pendants of brilliant beetle wings 

 to attach to the ear lobes, called toauo; a crown of toucan feathers 

 for the head, tawasa; an adornment for the back, made of the leg 

 bones of the bird tayu, called tayuhunchi. Of ornaments carried 

 by the women the following are laid on the shield : A cotton string 

 which the women tie around their hair for the feasts, tirlangsa; the 

 small ear sticks of the women, arusa; the wooden pin which the 

 women carry in the nether lip, tukunu; a collar of beads worn 

 around the neck, shauha; and some broad cotton bands tied around 

 the upper arm, -patdki. 



Upon the shield, moreover, are placed the small pot containing 

 juice of tobacco, a small gourd containing red ochre (ipydku)^ three 

 twisted cotton strings, painted red Avith ochre, which are to be at- 

 tached to the lips of the tsantsa, and a knife. 



After all have seated themselves the priest gives juice of tobacco 

 to the slayer, to his wife and daughter, as well as to the medicine 



