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nahe, a Hopi Indian married to a Zufii woman. Tiic feature of this 

 dance is the enthusiasm exhibited by Nan'nahe, who, beino- conscious 

 that his associates are but partly drilled in the song, makes every 

 effort to prevent failure. Their costume is a Hopi kilt, a silk scarf 

 passing- over the right shoulder and tied on the left side, dance moc- 

 casins, and anldets embroidered with porcupine quills. There are 

 two others outside of the line of dancers, and they wear improvised 

 Hopi masks. 



After these dancers leave, the Ko'yemshi arrive, wearing masks and 

 having blankets around them tied at the waist. Goatskins with the 

 wool inside cover their feet. A fawn skin hangs over the shoulder, 

 the head peeping up from under the blanket, and a quantity of te'liki- 

 nawe are held in the blanket, two are longer than the others, one stick 

 being colored blue for the sun and the other yellow for the moon. Each 

 carries a gourd rattle in the right hand. The masks are so covered 

 with meal from the sprinkling the}^ have received at other houses that 

 the}' appear as though they had been in a heav}' snowstorm. They 

 are preceded by sixteen male members of the Ant fraternit}' led by 

 the female head of the house dedicated by the Ko'yemshi. She wears 

 ordinary dress, with a white blanket striped blue and red and many 

 silver beads. The members of the fraternity wear black native breech- 

 cloths. Their bodies are painted white to represent stars and animals. 

 The hair hangs down the back, a wreath of yucca is worn, and a salmon- 

 colored fluffy eagle plume is attached to the forelock. They are led 

 down the room, as usual, b}' the host of the house. The woman, fol- 

 lowing next, carries her mi'li and meal basket in her left hand and 

 sprinkles meal with the right. The pe'kwin (deputy director) of the 

 fraternit\% carrying an eagle plume in each hand, is next to her. The 

 director comes next, he being a member of the Sun clan. He wears 

 over his left hand the skin of a bear's leg with the claws attached. 

 He carries an eagle plume in each hand and holds with l)oth hands a 

 basket containing six disks of wood about 2^ inches in diameter, painted 

 blue-green and edged with black and white blocks, s\'mbolic of the house 

 of the clouds and four fluffy white eagle plumes are attached to the 

 periphery. Three black lines on the disk indicate the mouth and eves. 

 All the others, with one exception, earr\' two eagle plumes in the left 

 hand and a rattle in the right. The thii-d man following the director 

 has a bear's leg skin over his left arm, and the quill ends of his eagle 

 plumes are stuck into it on the top of the arm. The male head of the 

 house dedicated b}' the Ko'3'emshi follows at the end of the line of the 

 fraternity, also carrying his mi'li and meal basket. They all pass down 

 the west side of the room and around to the east, forming an ellipse 

 which is left open by a gap of 3 or 4 feet. These circles must never 

 be closed, the opening being sym))olic of the road of life, of rain, and 

 of the sun^everj'thing suggestive of life. After dancing around once, 



