. Bulletin. Ethnology. 140 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 144 daugher had to pay one of these chiefs for it. Some people actually- borrowed the objects—perhaps rented would be a better term—from him; others made up their own, but in any case had to give him a payment for the use of the ornaments. If a man had several daughters (or nieces) approaching puberty, he might retain the same set of orna- ments for all of them, giving the chief a present, however, each time the articles were used. A chief who made up his own set for his daughter, would perhaps give the completed ornament to the ch
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 140 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 144 daugher had to pay one of these chiefs for it. Some people actually- borrowed the objects—perhaps rented would be a better term—from him; others made up their own, but in any case had to give him a payment for the use of the ornaments. If a man had several daughters (or nieces) approaching puberty, he might retain the same set of orna- ments for all of them, giving the chief a present, however, each time the articles were used. A chief who made up his own set for his daughter, would perhaps give the completed ornament to the chief having this special ornament-ownership privilege as an especially splen- did gesture, in addition to the payment. The amount of the payment varied according to the status of the user. One informant suggested that from one to five blankets would be an average payment, although, of course, a chief would pay more. In connection with the end of the puberty observances and the attaching of the hair ornaments, either a feast or a potlatch could be. Figure 16.—Pubescent girl's hair ornament. given. Often a feast, called hatunuxpop (referring to the ceremonial bathing), was given immediately, and followed some months later, when the hair ornaments were removed, by a potlatch, aitstot, "potlatch for pubescent ; If a feast was given at the time of the removal of the ornaments it was called simply Li'ko'at, "taking ; The length of time intervening between the tying on and the removal of the ornaments was optional but as a rule reflected the status of. 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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