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  MUSIC 
  

  

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  feminine 
  element. 
  The 
  other 
  stem, 
  which 
  was 
  painted 
  green, 
  had 
  its 
  

   appendage 
  of 
  seven 
  feathers 
  from 
  the 
  tail 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  golden 
  eagle. 
  

   The 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  these 
  feathers 
  is 
  white; 
  the 
  tips 
  only 
  are 
  dark. 
  

   These 
  were 
  the 
  feathers 
  worn 
  by 
  men 
  as 
  a 
  mark 
  of 
  war 
  honors 
  and 
  

   this 
  pipe 
  (fig. 
  87, 
  b) 
  symbolized 
  the 
  masculine 
  forces. 
  It 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  

   noted 
  that 
  among 
  the 
  Omaha, 
  as 
  among 
  the 
  Pawnee, 
  the 
  feathers 
  

   which 
  were 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  warriors 
  were 
  put 
  on 
  the 
  stem 
  painted 
  green 
  

   to 
  represent 
  the 
  earth, 
  the 
  feminine 
  element, 
  while 
  those 
  which 
  were 
  

   from 
  the 
  mature 
  eagle 
  and 
  which 
  stood 
  for 
  the 
  feminine 
  element, 
  

   were 
  fastened 
  to 
  the 
  stem 
  painted 
  the 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  sky, 
  which 
  repre- 
  

   sented 
  the 
  masculine 
  element 
  ; 
  so 
  that 
  on 
  each 
  pipe 
  the 
  masculine 
  

   and 
  feminine 
  forces 
  were 
  symbolically 
  united. 
  Near 
  the 
  mouthpiece 
  

  

  Fig. 
  87. 
  Objects 
  used 
  in 
  Wit' 
  wa 
  n 
  ceremony. 
  

  

  was 
  tied 
  a 
  woodpecker 
  head, 
  the 
  upper 
  mandible 
  turned 
  back 
  over 
  

   the 
  red 
  crest 
  and 
  painted 
  blue. 
  The 
  pipes 
  were 
  grasped 
  by 
  the 
  

   duck's 
  neck, 
  the 
  mouthpiece 
  pointing 
  upward. 
  When 
  they 
  were 
  laid 
  

   down, 
  the 
  stems 
  rested 
  in 
  the 
  crotch 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  stick 
  painted 
  red, 
  

   which 
  was 
  thrust 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  a 
  wild-cat 
  skin 
  spread 
  on 
  the 
  ground. 
  

   This 
  skin 
  (fig. 
  S7, 
  c) 
  served 
  as 
  a 
  mat 
  for 
  the 
  pipes 
  when 
  they 
  were 
  

   not 
  in 
  use 
  anil 
  as 
  a 
  covering 
  when 
  they 
  were 
  being 
  transported. 
  

   The 
  wild-cat 
  skin 
  was 
  required 
  to 
  have 
  intact 
  the 
  feet 
  and 
  claws, 
  

   and 
  also 
  the 
  skin 
  of 
  the 
  head. 
  Two 
  gourd 
  rattles 
  (fig. 
  87, 
  d), 
  a 
  

   bladder 
  tobacco 
  pouch 
  (fig. 
  S7, 
  e) 
  to 
  which 
  was 
  tied 
  a 
  braid 
  of 
  sweet 
  

   grass, 
  a 
  whistle 
  from 
  the 
  wing 
  bone 
  of 
  the 
  eagle, 
  and 
  three 
  downy 
  

   eagle 
  feathers 
  completed 
  the 
  articles 
  required 
  for 
  use 
  in 
  the 
  ceremony. 
  

  

  