STEVENSON] 



A'PI^LASHIWANNI 



577 



Although the Bow priesthood is euihraccd in the esoteric fraternities 

 of the Zunis, it is in a Avay iiuite distinct from tiie others and is alwaj's 

 referred to as a priesthood. The Bow priesthood, having- to do more 

 especialh' with the Ughtning-makers, communicating usually directly 

 with them, and not through other gods, is diti'erentiatetl from the other 

 fraternities. 



Though the Kia'kwemosi (rain priest of the North) consults with 

 the first body of A'shiwanni (rain priests), it is his prerogative to choose 

 the elder brother Bow priest. This high office, however, usually 

 falls, when vacant, to the younger brother Bow priest, unless some 

 other member of the organization has become more famous in war 

 when his scalp trophies win for him the highest honors conferred on 

 any member of this body. Though the offices of elder and younger 

 Bow i)riests are for life, the incumbents ma}' be impeached for suffi- 

 cient cause." 



INSTALLATION OF THE ELDER BROTHER HOW I'RIEST 



A meal painting is made (see figure 33), by the pe'kwin (sun priest) at 

 sunrise on the floor of a room in the dwelling of the Shi'wano'*kia, the 



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Fk;. S3. — Meal painting made for the ceremony of the installation of the elder brother Bow priest. 

 1, circle of meal about S inches in diameter, symbolic of the watersof the world— a disk is afterward 

 ff)rmed by filling in the circle with meal; 2, square of meal, symbolic of a mesa with rain, indicated 

 by the three lines, falling upon it; 3, parallelogram, symbolizing the boundary of the Zufii territory; 

 4, .straight road of truth; .t-5, lightning; fi-6, posititm of the men when standing on the meal painting. 



Priestess of fecundityj when the first body of A'shiwanni and officers of 

 the esoteric fraternities (the Ko'tikili, my thologic fraternity, excepted) 

 gather in the same order as described in the initiation of a.ssociate 

 shi'wanni.'' Upon completion of the painting, the Kia'kwemosi takes 

 position west of the disk and faces east, and the novice stands facing 

 the Kia'kwemosi, who, placing his hands over the novice's shoulders, 

 speaks to him of his duties and obligations, and adds: "You must 

 have a good heart and your thoughts must be pure, that the rains 

 may fall upon our land, that we may have all food." lie then clasps 

 the novice's hands, holding them so that his thumb.s are on the top of 

 the hands, and prays. At the close of the prayei- be draws the clasped 



a In 1903 Nai'uchi' and Me'she, elder and younger brother Row priests, upon being reduced to 

 the ranks ceased to attend the meetings of the fraternity. 

 bSee .V'shiwanni (Rain priesthood). 



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