Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution .. . ntexcept the girl, who prepared the suds. After the others had rubbed suds over myhead with the plumes, she washed my hair thoroughly from the bowl, standing beforeme, and my uncles w ife also washed my hair while I was still in my seat. My unclegave me four ears of corn, yellow, blue, red, and white, tied together, and enoughcalico for a shirt. In giving me the corn and calico he said: I give these to youthat you may receive such things from the man with whom you play. Carry theplumes (reference bein
Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution .. . ntexcept the girl, who prepared the suds. After the others had rubbed suds over myhead with the plumes, she washed my hair thoroughly from the bowl, standing beforeme, and my uncles w ife also washed my hair while I was still in my seat. My unclegave me four ears of corn, yellow, blue, red, and white, tied together, and enoughcalico for a shirt. In giving me the corn and calico he said: I give these to youthat you may receive such things from the man with whom you play. Carry theplumes (reference being to the four prayer plumes given the previous night) a longdistance to an jurroyo where you find debris has collected from running water andplant them to the Gods of War. When I was within a few feet of the place Ihad selected for depositing my plumes I whirled my rhombus until I reached the afterward returned the rhombus to my uncle, but kept the sholiwe until theanniversary of the loss of my possessions. I won back my lost articles, after whichI returned the sholiwe to my Each player takes the side of one of the Gods of War. There arefour pieces of split reeds, two representing the side of the elder andtwo the side of the younger God of War. The reeds shown in figure12 may he described as follows: <r and c belong to the elder and h and, athluwa (center), has a daub of black in It was the writers good fortune to have two sets of ceremonial reeds presented to her by the elderand the younger brother Bow priests. They are now in the National Museum. (One must begin to play on the saint! day of the month that the loss occurred. Playing me j !?continued until the summer solstice, but no games must be played while the rain priests are in retreatfor tains. If success does not come to the player with the ceremonial reeds
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