598 THE ZUNl INDIANS [eth. ann. 23 



the other four are colored black, and are offered to the deceased war- 

 riors for rains. Those before Ma*sai'lema have their sticks colored 

 for the six regions, the one nearest the image being yellow, the fol- 

 lowing blue, then red, white, all color, and black, for the destruction 

 of the enemies of the six regions. 



Three po'nepoyanne,« two belonging to the A'pi"lashiwanni and one 

 to the priest of *su"hlan'na,'^ are bound together at the base with red 

 flannel and stood on the meal line, extending from the cloud syml)ol, 

 and the 'su"hlan'na is placed near it on the line. The et'tone of the 

 Kia'kwcmosi, covered in its blanket of native cotton and wrapped with 

 strings of precious beads, is deposited on the meal painting, with the two 

 gourd jugs of the *kia'punakwe each side of it, and a line of mi'wachi 

 along the back of the cloud symbol. 



An all-night ceremonial is held in the chamber, when the epic songs 

 of the Gods of War are sung, and at sunrise the pa'mosona removes 

 the divided scalp from its elevated position in the plaza and attaches 

 it to a pole about 8 feet high, planting it in the northwest corner of 

 the plaza. A meal painting similar to the one in the ceremonial cham- 

 ber is supposed to be made on the north side of the plaza at sunrise, 

 but on the occasion observed the pe'kwin did not complete it until half 

 past 8 o'clock. The painting in the ceremonial chamber is in the west 

 end of the room. 



By 1) o'clock the first body of A'shiwanni, except the pe'kwin, and 

 elder and younger Ijrother Bow priests are assembled in the ceremonial 

 chamber, the A'shiwanni sitting on a ledge in line behind the meal 

 painting, between the two 'kia'punakwe, who are supposed to be vir- 

 gins. The A'shiwanni are dressed in pure white, but the *kia'punakwe 

 are elal)orately attired, each wearing an embroidered kilt fastened at 

 the right side with an embroidered sash which is also tied at the 

 right side. One wears a native blue knit shirt over that of white cot- 

 ton, and both are adorned with corals, ko'hakwa (white shell), and tur- 

 quoise Ijeads in profusion. The hair is done up in the conventional 

 knot, with a red silk banda round the head; a white fluffy eagle plume 

 is attached to the scalp lock, and dance moccasins are worn. A line 

 of micaceous hematite three-quarters of an inch in width crosses the 

 nose and extends under each eye. The victor and his elder brother wear 



" The po'nepoyanni? of the Bow priesthood consists of an ear of corn surrounded by reeds, six are 

 colored, each for a region and are filled with grains of corn of the six colors and other seeds. The 

 remainder of the reeds contain native tobacco. The reeds are obscured by a pyramid of eagle plumes 

 (which must have been dropped by the eagle in his flight, not plucked) and the base is covered 

 with cotton cloth wrapped with cotton cord to which shells and precious beads are strung. The 

 keeper of the two po'nepoyann? belonging to the A'pi'tliishiwanni is designated the priest of the 

 pa'Ottowe (pa from A'pachu, Navaho). One of these fetishes is carried to battle; the other remains 

 at home. 



'' The 'su'<hlan'na is a large shell most precious to the Zuiiis. Not only its keeper, who bears the 

 title of priest of the <su'<hlan'na, but his vice, must be of the Badger clan, because this shell was 

 originally the property of a member of this clan. The occasion must always be eminently worthy of 

 the presence of the great shell. The songs of the 'su'thlan'na are very old, and known only to four 

 men of the Badger clan. 



