. Bulletin. Ethnology. 156 BUKEAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 102 •P of John P. Ma'tcoke'ma, the drum custodian (or "owner"). Mat- cokema is a younger man than Wi'skino, to whom White Feather, as already stated, gave a drum in 1910; he also belongs to a different settlement. The drum was seen in his house which is near the lodge where the ceremony was held, and the final exercises were held in front of his house. The number of persons attending the ceremony was not so large as in 1910, and they were easily accommodated in the circular lodge shown in Plate 23,6, c. The entrance of th
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 156 BUKEAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 102 •P of John P. Ma'tcoke'ma, the drum custodian (or "owner"). Mat- cokema is a younger man than Wi'skino, to whom White Feather, as already stated, gave a drum in 1910; he also belongs to a different settlement. The drum was seen in his house which is near the lodge where the ceremony was held, and the final exercises were held in front of his house. The number of persons attending the ceremony was not so large as in 1910, and they were easily accommodated in the circular lodge shown in Plate 23,6, c. The entrance of the lodge is toward the south (or southeast), the drum is in the center, and there are benches around the sides of the lodge for the assembled members of the tribe. The drum (pi. 24, a), is in the center of the dance circle and in front of it may be seen the case for the stem of the drum pipe and the cloth bag containing the drumsticks. Beside it is the box for to- bacco, in which may be seen the end of the bowl of the drum pipe. Opposite the entrance is a special seat provided for the Chippewa aide (pi. 25, a), and on the last day of the ceremony a table for food was placed outside the lodge, at the right of the entrance. The position of the various par- ticipants in the ceremony, during a majority of the time, is shown in Figure 3. White Feather had grown perceptibly older since 1910 and had failed in both eyesight and hearing, but his voice and personaHty were strong, enabling him to take part in the ceremony with dignity. A large company of Chippewa came from Lac du Flambeau for the ceremony, but there were not so many as on the former occasion. The Chippewa camped in the woods near the place where the cere- mony would be held, and the writer found an old acquaintance among them who in the following days helped her in identifying the various parts of the Figure 3.—Diagram of Drum ceremony—first day and, generally, during the entire ceremony A, B, Chippewa &qu
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