116 THE ZUNI INDIANS [eth. ann. 23 



followed b}^ the priest of the pa'ettone« carrying his fetish which 

 bears his name; after him is a priest of the *su*hlan'na (great shell), 

 carrying the shell; then the Kia'kweraosi bearing his et'tone; then the 

 aged man of the Deer clan, carr3ang the idol of the elder God of War. 

 The two men of the Deer clan follow with the paraphernalia of the 

 god; then a man of the Bear clan with the idol of the younger God 

 of War, and after him two other members of the Bear clan bearing 

 the paraphernalia of this god. The elder brother Bow priest walks 

 to the right of the pe'kwin and the younger brother Bow priest is on 

 the right of the man at the end of the file, each whirling his rhombus 

 as he proceeds. After entering the ki'wi'sine the fetishes and idols 

 are placed on the meal painting, the idols and paraphernalia being 

 deposited b}" the pe'kwin. The A'pi'*lashiwanni are present in a bod}', 

 having left their various fraternities for this purpose, and at this time 

 they sing the song which is sung after sunset in the closing scene of 

 the scalp ceremony (see A'pi"lashiwanni, page 605). 



The ceremonies in the ki'wi'sine continue throughout the night. 

 The Gods of W^ar are thus honored that they may intercede with the 

 rain-makers for rains to fructify the earth. At sunrise the idols are 

 carried by the elder and younger brother Bow priests to their respec- 

 tive homes, each being accompanied by a warrior bearing the games 

 and paraphernalia of the gods. Each idol is placed in the west end of 

 the large chamber and the paraphernalia are arranged about it (see 

 plate xxi).^^ 



As soon as the idol and its belongings are placed in position by the 

 elder brother Bow priest and his associates, they offer praj^ers and 

 sprinkle meal. Then the family of the former gather about the idol 

 to pray and make offerings of precious beads, etc., and they sprinkle 

 sacred meal. Many from outside, of both sexes and all ages, come to 

 the gods to pray and make offerings of one or more precious beads. '' 



After depositing a little food south of the idol, and then breakfasting 

 with his f amil}', the elder brother Bow priest ties a reddish, fluffy plume 



oThe pa'ettowg (singular pa'^ttonfi; pa from Pachu, Navaho) are sacred fetishes of the A'pi'»lashl- 

 wanni (Bow priesthood) which protects them from the enemy. 



b Plate XXI was made from a case in the National Museum, the objects being placed according to pho- 

 tographs and sketches made of the group in the house of the elder brother Bow priest in 1896. The 

 idol is a very old one, secured through Nai'uchi for Mr Stevenson from the shrine on To'wayal'liinng 

 (Corn mountain) in 1881. It has been redecorated after the sketch made of the one observed in the 

 winter solstice of 1896. All the coloring used on it is native. The white top of the idol with black 

 rectangles signifies a white cloud cap with black ram clouds — the house of the clouds. The tablets, 

 staffs, war club, and the te'likinawe, except four, were made by the elder brother Bow priest, who 

 also made the feather bow and arrow, which is to be seen immediately before the idol. The other 

 te'likinawe were fashioned by the aged member of the Deer clan. The games (see Games, p. 317) 

 were made by members of the same clan. All was done by direction of Nai'uchi, the elder brother 

 Bow priest, that the writer might have a facsimile of the idol of the elder God of War as he appears 

 in his (the elder brother Bow priest's) house at the winter solstice. 



c During the time the idol is in the house, Nai'uchi, the most successful practitioner in Zuiii, treats 

 several patients who come to him. In each ease he relieves the sufferer by pretending to extract 

 the cause of the disease from the body; wrapping the ejected material in a husk, he carries it from 

 the house. Nai'uchi does not practice medicine through his association with the Bow priesthood, 

 but through his membership in other esoteric fraternities. 



