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At sunrise the mornino- after initiation the child goes to the house 

 of his godfather, where the plume is removed from his hair and the 

 head is bathed li}^ the wife; then the godfather returns the plume to 

 its place and gives the bo}" four ears of corn and te'likinawe, after 

 which the child has his morning meal at the house of his godfather. 

 After the meal the godfather carries the child to Ku'shilowa (red earth), 

 a short distance east of the village, removes from his hair the plume, 

 and plants it in the earth, a,nd the child deposits his te'likinawe. He 

 plants the corn the coming year in his fields. 



Thus closes this curious involuntary ceremonial of initiation of the 

 Zuiii boy into the Ko'tikili, an initiation for which the godfather is 

 mainly responsible. The bo}^ must take upon himself the vows as soon 

 as he is old enough to fully understand the requirements resting upon 

 a member of this fraternity. 



Voluntary Initiation into the Ko'tikili 



Voluntary initiation occurs when the boy is 12 or 13 years of age. 

 He decides for himself, but the elders do not fail to have him under- 

 stand the importance of the step. 



The initiation described was witnessed in 1891. By 1 o'clock in the 

 da}^ the He'iwa k'iwi'sine (see plate xv)'^' contains a large number of 

 people, including several boys to be initiated. Each boy sits by the 

 side of his godfather (the same godfather acting for involuntary and 

 voluntar}' initiation) on the south or east ledge of the room. The first 

 body of A'shiwanni (rain priests), the Ko'mosona, and the Ko'pekwin 

 sit on the south ledge, to the west. Four Sa'ya^hlia stand on the north 

 side of the ki'wi'sine and west of the center of the floor, facing south. 

 The long goat's avooI used for hair on these masks is tied with yucca 

 ribbons, so that the eyeholes of the mask may not be covered. The 

 Ko'3'emshi (see plate v a),^ who have charge of the bunches of giant 

 yucca, hand a ])unch to each Sa'ya*hlia (see plate xvi). 



One of the boys is a Sia youth, who is included in the number to be 

 initiated in order that the Sia Indians may use the Ko'yemshi masks 

 which they possess, all w^ho formerly had this privilige being now 

 dead. This bo}- is accompanied to Zufii by one of the principal rain 

 priests and two theurgists of his tribe. The director of the Shu'- 

 maakwe fraternity was chosen as his godfather. As this 3"outh has 

 not received involuntary initiation in Zuiii, he must pass through 

 a more extended ceremonial than the others. He is the first one 

 brought forward. 



a In the plate the He'iwa ki'wi'sind occupies only the left-hand portion, reaching nearly to the 

 window. 



''Although the masks of the ten Ko'yemshi are similar, each one has its special knob and mouth 

 forms. 



