186 THE ZUNI INDIANS [eth. ann. 23 



te'likinane, and the te'likinane with its companion is wrapped in a 

 corn husk which only partially covers the plumes, the wrapping- being 

 secured by a ribbon of husk. The te'likinawe thus wrapped are 

 deposited in baskets of corn, the feathers fringing the edge of the 

 baskets, which are in position by the cloud symbol. These offerings 

 are made to the rain-makers to induce them to intercede with the 

 Sun Father, that he may embrace the rains of the earth, that the 

 corn may grow to be beautiful to look upon and good to eat. The 

 'Hla'hewe and Sho'ko'we choirs deposit their te'likinawe in separate 

 baskets. 



After the te'likinawe are completed the Kia'kwemosi takes his seat 

 by the medicine bowl. A woman places a vase of water and a gourd 

 by him, and he dips six gourdfuls of water from the vase, emptying 

 it into the bowl. He now drops six a'thlashi (concretions; sacred to 

 the mother of corn of the six regions) separately into the medicine 

 bowl, raising high each stone and praying before depositing it into 

 the bowl (22 of figure 6). After the consecration of the water a 

 blanket (27 of figure 6) is spread upon the floor a short distance in 

 front of the cloud s3"mbol. The pe'kwin takes his seat to the west 

 of the blanket; the elder brother Bow priest sits south and the 

 younger brother Bow priest north of it. The ten mi'laiilupo'na of 

 the 'Hla'hewe side are seated in line south of the meal line extending 

 from the meal symbol, and the ten mi'laiiljipo'na of the Sho'ko'w,e 

 side are seated in line north of the meal painting. Some of these 

 women are white-haired and aged. Each has a basket of corn before 

 her. Those of the Sho'ko'we side have, in addition to the corn, 

 *hle'we (tablets) ornamented with sun, moon, star, and cloud symbols, 

 with white flufl;y eagle plumes surmounting the tablets. Those of 

 the 'Hla'hewe side have 'hla'we (slender stems of a plant) about 18 

 inches long, painted white and adorned with delicate white duck 

 feathers in groups of two, the space between being of the width of 

 the first three fingers placed crosswise within a few inches of their 

 ends. Each basket is covered with a white embroidered kilt. The 

 choir of the ^Hla'hewe side is grouped in the southeast corner and 

 that of the Sho'ko'we side in the northeast end of the room. The 

 flutists prepare te'likinawe in the ceremonial chambers of the jMa"ke 

 *S;in'nakwe (Little Fire fraternity) and Pe'shii'silo'kwe (Cimex frater- 

 nity). The ears of corn, tied together in twos, are taken from the 

 baskets in turn by the A'wan a'mosi of the choirs atid the others, and 

 deposited on the Iflanket to the right of the elder brother Bow priest, 

 who at intervals holds a bunch of the corn between his hands and 

 prays. He afterward makes a cavity in the end of each ear. After 

 each ear is prepared by him he hands it to the pe'kwin, who deposits 

 seeds in the cavity and passes it to the 3^ounger brother Bow priest, 

 who seals the opening with a paste of yucca fruit softened in the 



