374 ETHNOGEOGKAPHV OF THE TEWA INDIANS [eth. ann. 29 



called fun f if. is du<>-- {funfx a kind of white earth used in pottery 

 making, see under Minerals; k'orjf 'to dig'; '*'' locative and 

 adjective-forming postfix; hwaje 'height'). 



A horizontal layer of pure white fwn.fx runs near the top of the 

 hill. The hill contains two peculiar cave-dwellings [24:29] and 

 east of it arc the ' water-jar on the head' rocks [24:3vi]. 

 [24:29] (1) Namb(5 foiaqwa, fdbaqwa'iwe 'the cliff-dwellings' 'the 

 place of the clifl'-dwellings' (tdba 'cliff'; (jioa denoting state of 

 being a receptacle, hereabout equivalent to 'cave' or 'house'; 

 ^iwe locative). 



(2) Nambe Ssesatahuwate , SsRsaiapante 'ovens of the SsRsaia' 

 {Ss^sata., a being personated on certain occasions by a masked 

 man who goes about Nambe Pueblo flogging children with a whip 

 of yucca; huwate, jMtite 'oven' <huwa 'bread', fe 'dwelling- 

 place' 'apartment'; par)/ 'bread' <Span. pan 'bread'). The 

 caves are said to have something to do with the Ssesaia cere- 

 monj^; hence the name. 



These are large caves with flat floors and roundish roofs, seem- 

 ingly artificiall}^ excavated. Traces of smoke can be seen on the 

 roofs. These caves closely resemble the typical dwelling-caves of 

 the Pajarito Plateau. The caves are part -way up the steep side of 

 the hill [24:28]. The hillside forms a fold, so that the two caves 

 face each other. The eastern cave is high enough for a man to 

 stand upright in it; the western cave is only. about 3 feet high. 

 See [24:28]. 

 [24:30] (1) Nambe Pobe'qiifwgi 'water-jar on the head' {pobe 'water- 

 jar' 'olla' <po 'water', he 'jar' 'pottery'; 'qnys^g./^ 'on the 

 head'). 



(2) Nambe Sqijws^X'nj'se.g.i 'sandstone on the head' {mlyws^ 

 'sandstone'; '(inj'xg.i 'on the head'). 



(3) Nambe Sq'gwxhe' T^ 'the sandstone necks' 'place of the sand- 

 stone necks' {sqywx 'sandstone'; he 'necks' 'necked'; T*' loca- 

 tive and adjective-forming postfix). 



These names are used indiscriminately in referring to some 

 eroded rock pillars the slender base of which supports a large 

 and heavy top, .suggesting the figure of a woman carrying an olla 

 on the head. 



[24:31] Nambe Woie, see [23:22]. 



[24:32] Nambe ''Awttp Iwe, 'Awap'iw('b>i,''u 'place of a kind of cattail 

 called 'awajy'i' 'corner of the place of a kind of cattail called 

 'avmp'P {^awap'i an unidentified species of cattail with narrow 

 leaves <'awa 'cattail', p'i 'smallness and flatness' 'small and 

 liat', of. ''awap'a 'broad-leaved cattail'; we; locative; hii'ii. 'large 

 low roundish place'). 



