474 THE ZUNI INDIANS [eth. ann. 23 



forelock. The face is white with meal. The necklaces are elaborate. 

 He carries in his left hand a black bowl-shaped basket 5 inches in 

 diameter, three cords about 12 inches long and terminating in a knot 

 being attached equal distances at the riiu. This basket is suspended b}^ 

 the strings from a slender stick, 12 inches long, with a la'showanne 

 pendent from one end. The basket is filled with tine meal shaped into 

 a mound. A cross is formed over the mound with corn pollen and a 

 line of pollen encircles the meal, symbolic of the four regions (see 

 plate oxi). The basket and stick, which latter is never freshly painted, 

 are supposed to have come from the undermost world. 



As Mu'chailiha'nona proceeds with majestic step and sprinkles meal 

 carried in his belt he is followed by eight maidens in single file, the first 

 four carr^nng in the right hand two ancient 'hla'we, resting them 

 across the left arm, the sticks of which are claimed to have been 

 brought from the lower world by the Corn maidens ''' (see plate 

 cxii, a). The others carry each a mu'et'tone resting on the left arm 

 and supported with the right hand. These girls wear the dark wool 

 embroidered dresses, white moccasins and leggings, and white blankets 

 bordered in red and blue, fastened at the upper ends and falling over 

 the shoulders. After adv^ancing a short distance in the plaza, they 

 halt and stand for a couple of minutes in line, facing west, and then 

 advance, passing around to the north. When they have all reached 

 the north side of the plaza they again halt and face south. 



At this time the Mu'waiye appear, dancing sidewise, from the east- 

 ern covered way. The girls each wear two mi'hawe (plural of mi'ha), 

 the under one having the deep embroidery at the neck, the outer one 

 the deep border at the bottom. In order to make the blanket serve as 

 the short skirt, it is folded over at the top and held on with an 

 embroidered sash, the upper edge, which is turned over, standing up 

 in a kind of ruffle. The sashes are tied at the back. They wear fine 

 white deerskin moccasins with black soles. The %elh'pone (see plate 

 xxxviii) is worn on the head. Elaborate necklaces of ko'hakwa, coral, 

 and turquoise, with turquoise earrings pendent from the necklaces, are 

 worn. The boy has his hair flowing, with two white flufl'y eagle 

 plumes, one above the other, hanging down the center of the back, a 

 bunch of yellow parrot feathers and a white flufl'y eagle plume being 

 attached to the scalp lock. He has a yucca wreath fancifully tied at 

 the side, and his hair falls in bangs over his eyes. He wears an 

 embroidered kilt, with a border of blue-green and the game of sho'- 

 liwe painted upon it, fastened at the right side. A white fringed sash 

 and a red belt are looped at the right side and a fox skin is pendent at 

 the back of the belt. He also wears earrings and a profusion of neck- 

 laces, a silver bow wristlet on the left arm, blue yarn leggings with 



a The stems were originallywhite, with foliage of delicate silvery leaves resembling feathers. When 

 the leaves disappeared they were replaced by feathers of the 'hlai'aluko (sialia arctica). 



