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in other respects the two tiponis resembled those of the Walpi altar. 
Pahos were placed upright near each tiponi, and from one of these a 
long string, with feathers tied to the extremity, was stretched across 
the sand picture. 
The medicine bowl back of the altar had three T-shape figures painted 
upon it, and behind this vessel there were four pahos placed upright 
with strings drawn over the top of the medicine bowl. At the extreme 
left of the rear of the altar there was an ancient vase with terraced 
elevations. Back of all the objects at the rear of the altar there was 
a ridge of sand in which was inserted a row of eagle wing feathers. 
Between the rows of crooks and the lateral margin of the sand picture 
long pahos were laid lengthwise on the floor. A basket of sacred meal 
was placed on the floor near the right-hand effigy of an antelope head. 
It will be seen from an examination of the details of the Antelope 
altar of Oraibi and comparison with those of Cipaulovi, Cunopavi, and 
Walpi, that it is the most complicated and has several objects not else- 
where duplicated. Moreover, the arrangement of the objects back of 
the altar is such that it would be quite strange, indeed almost impos- 
sible, for the Antelope chief to introduce several of the events which 
occur in the sixteen-song celebration at Walpi. 
THE ANTELOPE DANCE 
The Antelope or Corn dance at Oraibi took place at sunset, as in the 
other villages, but it was not so brilliant a spectacle nor was it per- 
formed by so many priests as at Walpi. The Antelope priests, headed 
by their chief, marched directly from their kiva to the sisi, and made 
four cireuits of the plaza, each priest stamping on the depressed plank 
as he passed before it. 
After they had formed a platoon, the Antelope chief drew a line of 
meal in front of them, and at the extreme end of this line he set his 
tiponi upright on the ground. At one side of this badge, also on the 
line of meal, the asperger deposited his medicine bowl. Each Ante- 
lope then placed the netted gourd and stick which he carried on the 
ground before him, so that all these objects were arranged in a row 
before the platoon of Antelope priests. 
The Snake men came out of their kiva and made four circuits of 
the plaza in front of the line of Antelope priests, who shook their 
rattles as the Snakes passed before them. Each Snake priest dropped 
a pinch of meal and stamped vigorously on the plank as he passed the 
kisi, and then took his place in line before the platoon of Antelope 
priests. They were led by their chief, an old man, who, however, had 
no badge of office on his arm. The Antelope priests wore feathers in 
their hair and a small white feather on the crown of the head. The 
asperger was distinguished by a fillet of cottonwood leaves. Their 
bodies were painted with zigzag lines in white, but all wore heavy 
shell and turquois necklaces. Each priest, except the asperger, car- 
ried a rattle in the right hand and a stick and water gourd in the left. 
