. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. Fij;. 162. HEAD KING, NECK RING, AND WHISTLE OF TS'E'K'OIS. IV A, Xi>s. 68>i(l aud C8M, Royal Ethnographical Museum, Bcrliii. Collected hy F. Boas. begins to sing his own secret song, all at the same time, which is a sign that the sx)irit of the winter dance has entered the house. Then all the que'qutsa divide according to their societies. After this the master of ceremonies gives another signal and all the men begin to beat the board
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. Fij;. 162. HEAD KING, NECK RING, AND WHISTLE OF TS'E'K'OIS. IV A, Xi>s. 68>i(l aud C8M, Royal Ethnographical Museum, Bcrliii. Collected hy F. Boas. begins to sing his own secret song, all at the same time, which is a sign that the sx)irit of the winter dance has entered the house. Then all the que'qutsa divide according to their societies. After this the master of ceremonies gives another signal and all the men begin to beat the boards again as hard as possible and at the same time the bear dancers utter their cries. The fool dan(;ers are heard to cry "wai! hai! hai!" throwing stones and swinging their swords and lances at the same time. The master of ceremonies gives a new signal, and all the people stop at once beat- ing the boards. Then the bear dancers and fool dancers look down, and all the que'qutsa sing again each their own se- cret song. When the master of ceremonies gives the fourth signal for beating the boards, the whistles of the ha/mats'as are heard in the house. Then all the ha'mats'as, bears, and fool dancers rise and drive the people before them. While they are doing so they take hold of a child of the second ye'wix-ila; the child drops his cedar bark ornaments and blankets and disappears in the woods. Then the members of the seal society go out of the house followed by the people. Now the second ye'wix-ila cleans his house and invites all the people to enter. He puts down boards in front of the i)eople and distributes. I'ig. 163. HEAD RING OF Sl'LIS. Front and rear views. IV A, No. 6873, Royal Ethnographical Museum, Berlin. Collected by F. 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 Insti
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