BUNZEL] DANCES PERFORMED AFTER CA'LAKO 1063 



O'WIWI 



(Plate 45, d) 



Costume. — He wears a chin mask, always painted black. He has 

 t)all eyes and a big mouth, and his red tongue hangs out, because he 

 was a mean dancer when he was young. His short black hair is all 

 tangled up. On his head he wears the perforated buckskin cap of 

 the war chiefs. On the top of the head one tail feather of the eagle 

 and the downy red feather to show that he is a society member. 



"He wears old clothing and over his shoulder he has a buckskin fidl 

 of precious things, turquoise and difi'erent kinds of beads. His 

 moccasins are on the wrong feet because he is old and can not see very 

 well. He wears beads around his neck and on his right wiist a bracelet 

 of shells like the war chief wears. Over his shoulder he carries a 

 buckskin bag containing little animal fetishes such as the members of 

 the Hunters' Society have. In the right hand a single piece of yucca, 

 in the left a half-finished bow and an arrow, and a large bull-roarer 

 (nununawe). 



"He is dressea like this when he comes to teach the people how to 

 hunt, but when he comes at other times he does not have the red 

 feather and the buckskin bag with the animal fetishes." 



Formerlj' only the old men who were too old to dance would come 

 as O'wiwi, but now the young men come this way sometimes. 



Ceremonies. — "He is the grandfather of the Mahetinaca. He 

 sometimes comes with Mahetinaca when they come in the winter at 

 Ko'uptconawa, and sometunes he comes to sing for Ilihli. 



" He is a very old man, the grandfather of the Mahetinaca. When 

 the Mahetinaca come in to Itiwana to dance they do not want to 

 bring their grandfather with them because he is old and poor and 

 they are ashamed of him. But after thej- have left he follows them 

 and when everyone is watching the dance he comes in, and they are 

 ashamed not to treat him right in front of all the people. 



" So after they have left he gets his things ready. He takes a buck- 

 skin and wraps in it all kinds of valuable things, turquoise and shell 

 and beads, so that evenone will like him in spite of his old clothes. 

 He gets dressed in a hurry and because he can't see well he puts the 

 right moccasin on the left foot. He carries yucca so that people 

 won't think he is too old to fight and to protect himself as he goes 

 along. He carries a large bull-roarer to make a noise so that the 

 people will know him. Then he takes a buckskin bag with animal 

 fetishes in it. When he was young he was a good hunter and he 

 belongs to the Hunters' Society. Therefore he carries the bag with 

 the animal fetishes and wears the red feather of society members. 

 He is an.xious to show all his valuable possessions and show the 

 people that he is a great person. 



