. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 444 REPORT OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, from time to time from the slow trembling movement to tlie long leaps. During this time his k-i'nqalaLala—if he is a novice—dances backward in front of him. She stands erect and holds her hands and forearms extended forward as thongh she was carrying a body for the ha'mats'a to eat. Then his eyes are directed to her hands, which she keei)S mov- ing up and down a little with each step. Her open palms are
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 444 REPORT OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, from time to time from the slow trembling movement to tlie long leaps. During this time his k-i'nqalaLala—if he is a novice—dances backward in front of him. She stands erect and holds her hands and forearms extended forward as thongh she was carrying a body for the ha'mats'a to eat. Then his eyes are directed to her hands, which she keei)S mov- ing up and down a little with each step. Her open palms are turned upward. In his second dance the ha'mats'a dances standing erect. While in his first dance he is naked, he is now clothed in a blanket. Now he holds his forearms upward, the elbows being near his flanks, the palms forward, the lingers lightly bent. His hands are still trembling violently. His dance consists of rhythmical steps coincident with the beats of the batons. He takes very high steps, so that his knees almost touch his chest. When rais- ing one foot, he bends at the same time the knee of the other leg, and thus drops his trunk consid- erably without chang- ing his position (Plate ), He always puts down the whole sole of his foot. When he first returns from his initiation, he wears a head ring, neck ring, waist ring, brace- let, and anklets made of hemlock branches. The form of these rings varies according to the legend from which tlie ha'mats'a derives his origin. While most of them have plain hemlock rings, one ha'mats'a of the Koskimo has his set with small rings of white peeled twigs, which set off clearly against the dark green ring of balsam pine (see p. 595). The painting of the face of the ha'mats'a also depends upon the legend from which he derives his origin. Most of them have their faces ])ainted black all over, while others have two curved red lines on each cheek running from the corner of the mouth to the ear in a wide curve. Please note that t
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