Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution .. . moen i. CO., Lith MASKS OF APl1 LASH I WAN NI (WARRIORS) a OF THE NORTH, b OF THE WEST,a OF THE SOUTH : FRONT AND SIDE VIEWS ] DANCE OF THE KIANAKWE 219 of white cotton, knit in fanciful designs, and dance moccasins. Atortoise-shell rattle is curried in the right hand and a pottery mealbasket and telikinawe are carried in the left. Each mask is finished atthe base with a collarette t spruce tipped with popcorn (seeplatexliii). The other members of the Kianakwe, except the two directors ofthe
Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution .. . moen i. CO., Lith MASKS OF APl1 LASH I WAN NI (WARRIORS) a OF THE NORTH, b OF THE WEST,a OF THE SOUTH : FRONT AND SIDE VIEWS ] DANCE OF THE KIANAKWE 219 of white cotton, knit in fanciful designs, and dance moccasins. Atortoise-shell rattle is curried in the right hand and a pottery mealbasket and telikinawe are carried in the left. Each mask is finished atthe base with a collarette t spruce tipped with popcorn (seeplatexliii). The other members of the Kianakwe, except the two directors ofthe warriors of the six regions, are dressed like their leaders, exceptthe four feathers on the front ami hack of blankets. The directorshave dressed deerskins instead of the mihawe, and they wear bowwristlets and carry tortoise-shell rattles in the right hand and howsand arrows in the left. The first captive to he seen is the Kothlama;he wears the womans dress of black, embroidered in dark blue,and caught at the waist with a red woven belt. A white embroid-ered sash passes from the
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