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immediately before the kisi, the entrance to which was closed with a 
blanket (?) or cloth. 
Eleven Antelope and thirteen Snake priests took part in the Ante- 
lope dance, and at Cipaulovi, as at Walpi, the whole afternoon was 
consumed by them in their kivas, costuming for the public exhibition. 
Shortly before the priests emerged from their rooms, the Antelope chief 
went over to the Snake kiva, and, without ceremony, asked the Snake 
chief if he were ready. This was in marked contrast to the formal 
invitation presented at Walpi, where the Antelope priests sprinkle 
pinches of sacred meal in the hatchway of the Snake kiva and form a 
line before it. 
Shortly after the return of the Antelope chief to his kiva, the eleven 
Antelope priests filed out of their secret room, led by their chief. They 
wore practically the same costume as the Antelopes of Walpi, which 
seems to be prescribed in all the villages. 
The chief carried his tiponi across his left arm, and bore in one hand 
the bow with red horsehair attached to the string. Next to him was 
aman with the netted gourd, an ear of corn, and a paho. There was a 
third, who later took a position midway in the line and carried a well- 
filled medicine bowl. Each Antelope wore a ceremonial lilt of white 
cotton with embroidered ends, ornamented with raincloud symbols in 
red and dark green. Their faces had a line of white from the corners 
of the mouth to the ears, and the chin was painted black. They had 
zigzag lines of white on the breast, arms, and legs; fox-skins depended 
from their waists behind, turtle-shells were fastened back of the knee, 
and each was richly ornamented with shell and turquois necklaces, 
Every Antelope except the chief and the bearer of the medicine bowl 
earried tworattles, A few of the participants wore cottonwood leaves 
in their armlets. 
The procession, headed by their chief, filed four times around the 
plaza, the cireuit being sinistral, or with the center on the left hand, 
but not including the pahoki. As the Antelopes passed the shrine they 
threw a pinch of meal toward it, and as they approached the kisi each 
man dropped a pinch of sacred meal on the plank, and stamped vio- 
lently upon it. At the end of the fourth circuit they formed a platoon, 
separated into two sections by the kisi, the chief standing at the 
extreme right. They continued shaking their rattles, but not singing, 
while the Snake priests made their entrance. No kalektaka, with a 
whizzer, followed the Antelope priests. 
The Snake priests, headed by their chief, came shortly afterward. 
Their chief carried his bow with red: horsehair, but had no tiponit or 
other official insignia. The Snake priests followed him, and the line 
made four circuits of the plaza, embracing the whole rectangle in their 
course. As they passed the shrine they dropped a pinch of meal upon 
it, and when in front of the cottonwood bower they did the same, stamp- 
ing violently on the plank in the ground. 
