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THE SEKI INDIANS 



[ETH. ANN. 17 



a few yards from lier jacal, jirefereuce being given to relatively elevated 

 or commanding points. The excavation is about 30 inclies (90 cm.) in 

 depth; within it is placed first the ]ielicaii-skin robe of the deceased, 

 so arranged as to fold over the body; then the corpse, dressed iu the 

 ordinary costume of life, is compressed into small compass by closely 

 flexing the Icnees and bringing them against the thorax, extending the 

 arms around and along the lower limbs so that hands and feet are 

 together, and bending the head forward on the chest; whenitisdepo.sited 

 iu the receptacle in such manner as to lie on the left side, facing north- 



Fir;. 40 — Woman's feti8he.s. 



ward. 2s^ear the face is laid a dish of baked clay or a large shell filled 

 with food, and beside it a small olla of water (an actual example is 

 shown iu figure .39), while the hupf, awls, hairbrush, olla-ring, and 

 other domestic paraphernalia are placed uear the hands. Next the 

 personal fetishes and votive symbols (in the lorm of pupi)ets or dolls 

 such as those shown in figure 40 a and //) of the dead mother are slipped 

 beneath the face, and her paint cup, with a plentiful supply of paint, is 

 added; the poor personal jjossessions, in the form of shell-beads and 

 miscellaneous triuketry, are then heaped over the face and shoulders, 

 and these are covered with the sui^erfluous garments and miscellaneous 



