. Bulletin. Ethnology. White] THE PUEBLO OF SIA, NEW MEXICO 161 given the signal to come get the fruit, melons, and vegetables on the ground. They run for them and a lively scramble ensues. The head of the Snake society now presents the new member to tiamunyi. "If you ever need a Snake tcaiyanyi," he tells him, "you may call upon this ; Tiamunyi responds by exhorting the new member to do his work well, not to tire or shirk his duties, and so on. Then the head of the Snake society calls all of the males present who are 6 years old or over to come up and offer prayers to
. Bulletin. Ethnology. White] THE PUEBLO OF SIA, NEW MEXICO 161 given the signal to come get the fruit, melons, and vegetables on the ground. They run for them and a lively scramble ensues. The head of the Snake society now presents the new member to tiamunyi. "If you ever need a Snake tcaiyanyi," he tells him, "you may call upon this ; Tiamunyi responds by exhorting the new member to do his work well, not to tire or shirk his duties, and so on. Then the head of the Snake society calls all of the males present who are 6 years old or over to come up and offer prayers to the snakes. Two of the Snake tcaiyanyi are standing there holding the snakes in their hands. The men and boys come up and address prayers to the snakes, asking them for long Hfe, good crops, etc. "Anyone who wants to and who is brave enough" comes up and smears a httle yakatca and stcamuna on the snakes' heads or bodies. When this is over, the head of the society dismisses everyone and they return to the pueblo. Two medicinemen, the first and second ones in rank after nawai, take the snakes in the two ceremonial bowls out into the country and turn them loose. These bowls formerly were kept in a carefully concealed niche in an arroyo bank, as described by Mrs. Stevenson (1894, p. 90). In about 1934 they were found and stolen by trappers who took them to Santa Fe and sold them to a museum. The members of the Snake society retrieved them, however, and they. CANDIDATE_ SITS HERE M MMM N M MM r ===? II111 nil. L o oi o oo O SNAKE MEDICINEMEN V— ->r Figure 16.—Initiation into Snake society. M = medicinemen; N = nawai, the head of the society; I = iarikos on meal Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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