Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . (?MASK OH rs^,rs ..^,...1,- GODl OF NEWEKWE MASK OF MITOTASHA FRONT AND SIDE VIEWt STEVENSON] newekwe 429 some 10 inches high, which is reverenced as the Awan Sita (GreatMother). This image is said to have been in their possession sincethe organization of the fraternity. In fact, they declare they hadtwo, but one was long since stolen and, they think, carried otl toanother pueblo. Since this catastrophe the remaining image has beenguarded by an old woman of the Eagle clan, wh
Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . (?MASK OH rs^,rs ..^,...1,- GODl OF NEWEKWE MASK OF MITOTASHA FRONT AND SIDE VIEWt STEVENSON] newekwe 429 some 10 inches high, which is reverenced as the Awan Sita (GreatMother). This image is said to have been in their possession sincethe organization of the fraternity. In fact, they declare they hadtwo, but one was long since stolen and, they think, carried otl toanother pueblo. Since this catastrophe the remaining image has beenguarded by an old woman of the Eagle clan, who never allows it to seedaylight except when placed by the altar or when oflerings are to bemade. A theurgist standing near the altar moves his two eagle-wingplumes for a time with weird incantations until the image appears tocatch the tip ends of the plumes with each hand, when the theurgistapparent!} raises the image with the assistance of the plumes. Theillusion is perfect. The offerings to the image are strings of preciousbeads large enough to encircle the thumb of the donor. The old creatu
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