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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRTBE 
  [etii 
  . 
  axx. 
  27 
  

  

  spread 
  on 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  tobacco 
  when 
  the 
  pipe 
  was 
  filled, 
  so 
  that 
  

   when 
  it 
  was 
  lighted 
  these 
  were 
  first 
  consumed, 
  making 
  an 
  offering 
  of 
  

   savory 
  smoke. 
  Sweet 
  grass 
  and 
  cedar 
  were 
  used 
  also 
  in 
  consecrating 
  

   the 
  seven 
  arrows 
  for 
  ceremonial 
  use. 
  

  

  Seven 
  arrows, 
  >/io"'pefho 
  n 
  ba 
  (fig. 
  55; 
  Peabody 
  Museum 
  no. 
  47835) 
  

   were 
  in 
  the 
  pack. 
  The 
  shafts 
  are 
  much 
  broken; 
  they 
  were 
  origi- 
  

  

  FiG. 
  55 
  I>i\ 
  inin'..' 
  arrows 
  

  

  nally 
  45 
  cm. 
  6 
  mm. 
  long, 
  feathered 
  from 
  the 
  crane, 
  with 
  stone 
  heads. 
  

   Part 
  of 
  the 
  epulis 
  of 
  the 
  feathers 
  remain 
  but 
  the 
  arrowheads 
  are 
  lost. 
  

   .V 
  curious 
  brush 
  (fig. 
  56; 
  Peabody 
  Museum 
  no. 
  47837) 
  made 
  of 
  a 
  

   piece 
  of 
  hide, 
  having 
  one 
  edge 
  cut 
  into 
  a 
  coarse 
  fringe 
  and 
  the 
  hide 
  

   rolled 
  together 
  and 
  hound 
  with 
  hands, 
  was 
  the 
  rude 
  utensil 
  with 
  

  

  Fig. 
  5li. 
  Brush 
  use<l 
  in 
  painting 
  Snored 
  Pole. 
  

  

  which 
  the 
  paint, 
  mixed 
  with 
  buffalo 
  fat, 
  was 
  put 
  on 
  the 
  Pole. 
  A 
  

   bundle 
  of 
  sinew 
  cord, 
  and 
  of 
  red 
  paint 
  {vxife'zhUh), 
  used 
  in 
  painting 
  

   the 
  Pole, 
  complete 
  the 
  contents 
  of 
  the, 
  pack. 
  

  

  