BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT PLATE 4 



a. PORTABLE SHRINE. OUTER CASE 



The outer ease of the (lortablc shiiiu' of I he I al I ooiji^i rile. Tlic i-ase is made of butlalo hair. Per- 

 mission for the use of the buffalo liair must be ceremonially obtained from the Tho'-xe gens. 



6. COMPLETE PORTABLE SHRINE 



The euf^le's Iok altaehed to the hanj^inf^ slraj) of Ihe portable shrine is a symbol eoinmemorative 

 of the " finding of the foe" and belongs to the lli'-^a-da (Leg Stretehed)'subgens of the Ho"'-ga 

 A-hiu-to" gens of the lIo"'-ga great division. 



