Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . A. HOEN .t CO., Litb IDOL OF AHAYUTA (ELDER GOD OF WAR). STEVENSON] WINTER SOLSTICE CEREMONIES 117 to his forelock, removes a die (g-rain of corn) from one of the cups ofthe game i3-ankolowe, and hands it to the associate warrior, who wrapsit in a corn husk while the elder brother Bow priest ties the four cupstogether. The associate binds the two games of sholiwe together andgathers all the games into his blanket over the left arm. The elderbrother Bow priest removes the yucca rope with the teli
Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . A. HOEN .t CO., Litb IDOL OF AHAYUTA (ELDER GOD OF WAR). STEVENSON] WINTER SOLSTICE CEREMONIES 117 to his forelock, removes a die (g-rain of corn) from one of the cups ofthe game i3-ankolowe, and hands it to the associate warrior, who wrapsit in a corn husk while the elder brother Bow priest ties the four cupstogether. The associate binds the two games of sholiwe together andgathers all the games into his blanket over the left arm. The elderbrother Bow priest removes the yucca rope with the telikinaweattached, and, stooping before the idol, holds the plumes near its basewhile he prays. He now deposits the feather bow and arrow in ahuchipone (deep basket), and the idol with all its adornments is stoodin the basket. The rope containing the telikinawe is placed next,and the food which was south of the idol is wrapped in the cloth andput into the l)asket. He now hangs his war pouch over liis shoulder,rolls a quantity of pra^er meal in a piece of cloth, and tucks it intohis belt. Wrapping his blanket about him, he provides himself witha rhombus
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