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of white cotton, knit in fanciful desij^ns, and dance moccasins. A 

 tortoise-shell rattle is carried in the rig'ht hand and a pottery meal 

 basket and te'likinawe are carried in the left. Each mask is fini.shed at 

 the base with a collarette of spruce tipped with popcorn (see plate xliii). 



The other members of the Kia'nakwe, except the two directors of 

 the warriors of the six regions, are dressed like their leaders, except 

 the four feathers on the front and back of blankets. The directors 

 have dressed deerskins instead of the mi'hawe, and the}^ wear bow 

 wristlets and carry tortoise-shell rattles in the right hand and bows 

 and arrows in the left. Tne first captive to be seen is the Ko'thlama;« 

 he wears the woman's dress of black, embroidered in dark blue, 

 and caught at the waist with a red woven belt. A white embroid- 

 ered sash passes from the left side of the waist to the right shoulder, 

 where it is tied, the embroidered ends falling. A piece of white com- 

 mercial cotton hangs over the back. The neck and arms, which are 

 exposed, are painted white; the hair is parted from the forehead down 

 the back of the head, and one side is done up over a wooden form, 

 while the other side is tied with red and blue j^arn and left hanging. 

 The mask (see plate xliv a) covers only the face. A rattle of deer 

 scapulte is carried in the right hand, and three ears of corn, tied 

 together with yucca ribbons and te'likinawe, are carried in the left.* 



The Sa'ya*hlia, another captive, wears a large deerskin, dyed reddish- 

 brown and elaborately ornamented with various colored designs, an 

 emblem of the sun being on the back. A white cotton embroidered sash 

 is tied round his waist under the deerskin and falls at the side. The 

 mask of the Sa'ya'hlia is of native cotton cloth, colored with paint made 

 from the pinkish clay. The mouth of the mask is bearded with l3Mix 

 skin, and the projecting teeth are made of corn husks. Gray goat's 

 wool falls over the top of the head and forehead, and padded eyeballs 

 are conspicuous beneath the wool. A red fox skin is worn around 

 the neck at the base of the mask (see plate xvi). The Sa'ya*hlia car- 

 ries a tortoise-shell rattle in the right hand and a bow and arrows 

 and te'likinawe in the left. 



The last captive to be seen in the line is It'sepasha (game-maker), 

 one of the ten Ko'yemshi;'' he wears the seldom varying dress, the 

 short, ragged skirt of native black cloth, and the three-cornered piece 

 of the same at the base of the mask, the body and mask being colored 

 with the pinkish cla}'. The ten Ko'yemshi masks differ in detail. 

 There are six warriors of the Kia'nakwe for the six regions besides the 

 two directors. The masks are of the appropriate colors, yellow for the 

 North, blue-green for the West, >ind red for the South (plate xlv a, b, 

 and c); white for the East. The white masks are the same as those of 



a See Destruction of the 'Kia'nakwe, and songs of thanksgiving. 



■b On one ooeasion the Ko'thlama had a quiver of arrows over his back and he carried a bow and 

 arrows in his left hsiiifl. 

 cSee p. 33. 



