Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . hich has been taken to this point,entirely .secreted by its priest, or keeper. The figure of Koloowisi, wliich is constructed of deerskin, is about 5feet long and 8 inches through the thickest part of the body. Theunder portion is painted white and the back is black, covered withduplicate curves in yellow and blue-green to designate the scales of theserpent. A rod of cottonwood extends through the fetish, symboliz-ing the spinal column. A miniature stick with phunes attached, rep-resenting the h
Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . hich has been taken to this point,entirely .secreted by its priest, or keeper. The figure of Koloowisi, wliich is constructed of deerskin, is about 5feet long and 8 inches through the thickest part of the body. Theunder portion is painted white and the back is black, covered withduplicate curves in yellow and blue-green to designate the scales of theserpent. A rod of cottonwood extends through the fetish, symboliz-ing the spinal column. A miniature stick with phunes attached, rep-resenting the heart, is secured at the middle of tlie rod. Hoops ofslender pieces of cottonwood, representing the ribs of the serpent,extend from the neck to the lower end. A deerskin tongue, coloredred, hangs from the mouth, which is provided with teeth. Plumesstand from the top of the head, which is made of a gourd. The throatis wrapped with a fox skin (see plate xiii). The procession as it « An exact model, made for the writer by a priest associated with the fetish, is in the United StatesNational
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