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The chief bore his tiponi over his lett arm. All wore white dance kilts 
with rain-cloud decorations, and a characteristic sash. Several had 
bandoliers of yarn over the right shoulder and a hank of wool on the 
left knee, but none of the Antelope priests wore moccasins and but few 
had fox-skins dangling from their belts. The position of the chief was 
at the extreme right of the line. An old Antelope priest carried an 
ear of corn. 
Each of the Snake priests wore a small red feather in his hair, but 
their faces were not painted; all, however, had daubs of white pigment 
on their arms and legs. Several had hastily tied white kilts, similar to 
those of the Antelopes, about their loins, and only two had the charac- 
teristic snake kilts. Hach carried his snake whip in his right hand, a 
bag of meal in his left, and most of the performers wore moccasins. 
None had necklaces, fox-skins, or bandoliers. The platoon of Snake 
men stood some distance from the Antelopes, with a lad on the extreme 
right. As the Antelopes sang and shook their rattles, the Snake men 
bent slightly forward, pointing their whips toward the ground, then mov- 
ing them backward and forward with a waving motion. As the music 
continued, the asperger, not leaving his position by the side of the 
Antelope chief, called out in a low voice the words ‘“Teamahia,” ete, 
several times. 
After he had ceased, he went to the opening of the kisi, and took out 
one of the bundles of cornstalks, melons, and other vines, put the butt 
in his mouth, holding the other end in both hands before him. A 
second priest, putting his left hand on the left shoulder of the asper- 
ger, walked behind the carrier, stroking his back with a snake whip. 
In this way the two made several promenades between the platoons of 
Snake and Antelope priests, the former singing and shaking their 
rattles, all with netted gourds and sticks in their left hands. As this 
proceeding continued the Snake priests stepped backward and forward 
in line, poising themselves first on one leg and then on the other. 
At the conclusion of this dance tle Snake priests filed about the 
plaza, making the circuits before the kisi, and returned to their kiva. 
The Antelope priests did the same, but went to their own ceremonial 
chamber. This closed totokya (August 18), so far as public ceremonies 
were concerned. 
THE SNAKE RACE 
A snake race of Oraibi took place at sunrise of the same day on which 
the Snake dance was celebrated, as at Walpi, Cipaulovi, and Cunopavi. 
THE SNAKE DANCE 
At a short time before sunset, on August 19, the Antelope priests 
filed out of their kiva and made four circuits in front of the kisi, each 
stamping on the plank and dropping a pinch of meal as he passed. 
They were headed by the chief, who carried his tiponi on his left fore- 
arm. The chief in turn was followed by the asperger, who wore a 
