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  r,A 
  PLESCHE] 
  

  

  THE 
  SACKED 
  POLE 
  

  

  225 
  

  

  Upon 
  the 
  top, 
  or 
  "head," 
  of 
  thp 
  Pole 
  was 
  tied 
  a 
  large 
  scalp, 
  ?n'A'a. 
  

   ncPzhiha. 
  About 
  one 
  end, 
  14 
  cm. 
  5 
  mm. 
  from 
  the 
  "head" 
  is 
  a 
  piece 
  

   of 
  hide 
  bound 
  to 
  the 
  Pole 
  by 
  bands 
  of 
  tanned 
  skin. 
  This 
  wrapping 
  

   covers 
  a 
  basketwork 
  of 
  twigs, 
  now 
  shriveled 
  with 
  age, 
  which 
  is 
  

   lightly 
  filled 
  with 
  feathers 
  and 
  the 
  down 
  of 
  the 
  crane. 
  The 
  length 
  

   of 
  this 
  bundle 
  of 
  hide 
  is 
  44 
  cm. 
  5 
  mm., 
  and 
  its 
  circumference 
  about 
  

   50 
  cm. 
  In 
  1S7") 
  the 
  last 
  ceremony 
  was 
  performed 
  and 
  the 
  wrapping 
  

   put 
  on 
  as 
  it 
  remains 
  to-day. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  51. 
  A 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  Sacred 
  Cole 
  showing 
  incrustation 
  from 
  ancient 
  anointings. 
  (The 
  Polo 
  

   is 
  here 
  represented 
  in 
  its 
  usual 
  position, 
  supported 
  by 
  the 
  i'mo»gthc. 
  or 
  staff.) 
  

  

  The 
  name 
  of 
  this 
  receptacle, 
  a'.vo"<hpa, 
  is 
  the 
  word 
  used 
  to 
  desig- 
  

   nate 
  the 
  leather 
  shield 
  worn 
  on 
  the 
  wrist 
  of 
  an 
  Indian 
  to 
  protect 
  it 
  

   from 
  the 
  bowstring. 
  This 
  name 
  affords 
  unmistakable 
  evidence 
  that 
  the 
  

   Pole 
  was 
  intended 
  to 
  symbolize 
  a 
  man, 
  as 
  no 
  other 
  creature 
  could 
  wear 
  

   the 
  bowstring 
  shield. 
  It 
  indicates 
  also 
  that 
  the 
  man 
  thus 
  symbolized 
  

   was 
  one 
  who 
  was 
  both 
  a 
  provider 
  for 
  and 
  a 
  protector 
  of 
  his 
  people. 
  

  

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