HOLMES ANNIVERSARY VOLUME 



stringers passing from post to post had three white bands, and, on the 

 ceiling, at a distance of about six feet down from the apex of the roof, 

 was a white band about three inches wide, while at about five feet 

 from the lower ends of the rafters was a similar band extending en- 

 tirely round the ceiling. The designs are shown in plates VII and vin. 

 The tunnel, facing toward the southeast, was about twelve feet 

 long, and its inner and outer openings were respectively about six and 

 four and one-half feet high. Two rafters, somewhat larger than the 

 others, extended from the two posts which formed the side posts of 

 the inner door and these were painted at intervals of about ten inches 

 with bands of red throughout their entire length. 



POSITIONS IN THE DANCE HOUSE 



The special positions within the dance house are shown in figure 3, 

 and their names are given in the Eastern dialect, unless otherwise 

 indicated by an initial in parentheses in the following list: 



A. cabe' xowa [center-pole both sides] = the position in front of the center- 

 pole, reserved especially for the head chief of the village. 



B. xe'mihya gai = position of the singers. 

 ke'uya (C). 



C. tsllo' gauk gai [drum man place] = position of drummers. 

 tsllo' matutsl [drum occupation] = position of drummers. 



D. xe' guhmak gai = dancers' positions when at rest. 



E. me'dze gai = positions of fire tenders — anywhere in the vicinity of these 

 two front posts and the wood piles. 



la'imoc (C). 

 F, G. xa'i gai = "wood place." 



F. co'l hmalwa [east side of house] = wood place to the east of the door. 



G. bo'l hmalwa [west side of house] = wood place to the west of the door. 

 H. he'lima 



xabe' dlma \ = position of the master of ceremonies. 

 xabe' gauk j 

 J. no' xahlulgak gai = position of the ash devils in the ghost ceremony. 



no' kuya (C). 

 I, I.= Sections reserved for visitors from villages toward the north. 



II. = Section reserved for visitors from villages toward the east. 

 III. = Section reserved for visitors from villages toward the west. 

 IV, IV. = Sections reserved for residents of the village giving the ceremony, 

 i.e. hosts. 



hwa'u = downward, the front part of the house. 

 hna'wa = the rear part of the house. 



co'l hmalldai [east side of house] = eastern side of the dance house. 

 bo'l hmalldai [west side of house] = western side of the dance house. 



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