. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. THE KWAKIUTL INDIANS. 489 be carried all throagli the house by the woman who is moving under- ground. He is plowing the floor with his arms. This is done by bury- ing a stout ro[)e about S in(;hes below the surface and covering it with loose dirt. The man pulls himself along this rope (see p. G()4). Still other t'o'X'uit invite the people to kill them. The dancer says "hu]>, hap," moving the edge of her palm along her throat, m
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. THE KWAKIUTL INDIANS. 489 be carried all throagli the house by the woman who is moving under- ground. He is plowing the floor with his arms. This is done by bury- ing a stout ro[)e about S in(;hes below the surface and covering it with loose dirt. The man pulls himself along this rope (see p. G()4). Still other t'o'X'uit invite the people to kill them. The dancer says "hu]>, hap," moving the edge of her palm along her throat, meaning, ''Cut my neck!" or she moves the tips of the fingers of both hands down her stomach, meaning "Open my belly!" or she moves them along her head, shoulders, or other parts of her body. Finally, she is l)]aced on a seat behind the fire and one of her attendants complies with her request. He will appear to drive a wedge through her head from one temple to the other. The wedge is first shown to the people and then secretly exchanged for another one, which consists of two parts attached to a wooden band that is slipped over her head and covered with hair. Tlius it seems that the butt is standing out on one. Fig. 135. MASK OF HA''MAA. Length, 31 inches. rV A, No. 6879, Royal Ethiiograiihii-al Museum, Berlin. Collerted by F. I!nas. side, the point having passed through her skull. At the same time bladders containing blood, which are attached to the band, are burst, and the blood is seen to flow down her face. She also bites her cheeks or bursts a small bag containing blood which she holds in her mouth, ? so that it flows out of her mouth. A i)air of seal's eyes are hidden in her hair and let down over her own eyes when the wedge is driven in, so that it looks as though her eyes were coming out of their sockets. Then she rises and walks around the fire to show the wedge sticking in her head. After one circuit she is seated again, the wedge is removed, and she is h
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