Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT PL. LXXV. (Z MASK OF GOD ACCOMPANYING HEMISHIKWE b, C MASKS OF GODDESSESACCOMPANYING HEMISHIKWE front and REAR views STEVENSON] RETIREMENT OF KoyEMSHI 275 upon the cloth. The first diincers to appear in the plaza are theWatenila (all herds; see plate ), who come from the newlydedicated house which faces the east. Among the gods in this group are the uwannami (rain-makers; seeplate Lxx), Natiishku (see plate lxxi a), and Nawisho (posses
Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT PL. LXXV. (Z MASK OF GOD ACCOMPANYING HEMISHIKWE b, C MASKS OF GODDESSESACCOMPANYING HEMISHIKWE front and REAR views STEVENSON] RETIREMENT OF KoyEMSHI 275 upon the cloth. The first diincers to appear in the plaza are theWatenila (all herds; see plate ), who come from the newlydedicated house which faces the east. Among the gods in this group are the uwannami (rain-makers; seeplate Lxx), Natiishku (see plate lxxi a), and Nawisho (possessor ofmany deer; see plate Lxxib,c), also called Ololowishkia. This god issupposed to sweeten l)read by micturating upon the meal (His urineis sweet like honey). The penis is represented by a gourd withwhite flufly eagle plumes attached pendent. During the dance of theWatem^a the Komosona approaches the Ololowishkia and most rcv-erentlj prays while he sprinkles the mask and artificial penis withsacred meal. The Muluktakia are among the most attractive of the gods whoappear. They wear white embroidered kilts held on b^ sashes tied atthe right side, fox skins a
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