Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . LIO z<. •w cuioz< Q u h h BUNZEL] THE little DANCERS 1077 THE LITTLE DANCERS Hehea(Plate 54, a) Costume.—The face may be white or blue or black. He has tearsrunning out of his eyes because he was hurt in the war with theKanakwe. His mouth is crooked because he always makes faces atthe Koyenici. On his head black hair and a bunch of red chili. Hehas an abalone shell in each ear. Rabbit sldn around his neck. The body is painted with red paint mixed with katcina clay fromthe Sacred Lake. The
Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . LIO z<. •w cuioz< Q u h h BUNZEL] THE little DANCERS 1077 THE LITTLE DANCERS Hehea(Plate 54, a) Costume.—The face may be white or blue or black. He has tearsrunning out of his eyes because he was hurt in the war with theKanakwe. His mouth is crooked because he always makes faces atthe Koyenici. On his head black hair and a bunch of red chili. Hehas an abalone shell in each ear. Rabbit sldn around his neck. The body is painted with red paint mixed with katcina clay fromthe Sacred Lake. The forearms and legs to the knees are paintedyellow. Also yellow spots on the body and on the knees. The bodyfrom the navel to the knees is painted white with white clay fromAcoma. He wears only a dark-blue breechcloth (pilaliana). Hecarries a fawn-skin bag filled with ashes or dirt of ground chili. Ceremonies.—He can come in whenever there is a dance going on,but he comes mostly in the wintertime. Sometimes only one comes,sometimes three or four. He comes in late after everyone is in theplaza. Then wh
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