Plate 39 



Modern form of the old style Seneca headdress or Gus-to-weh. 



This ceremonial headpiece was used by Chief Sai-no-wa, Inclined Post, in 

 the Great Feather dance, in which ceremony he was one of the two chanters 

 of the ritual. The chief, although he weighs 320 pounds, is an athlete of local 

 fame, being an expert lacrosse player. He holds the unique record of having 

 at the Pan-American Exposition caught a ball at the goal which he was guard- 

 ing and throwing it across the field into the goal opposite. The admiring 

 tribesmen of Sainowa say the big chief has big medicine. 



