(Plate XXI.) These colors represent the
cardinal points, the zenith, and the nadir:
North. Yellow. Hl[=u]p-si-na.
West. Blue. Hli-aen-na.
South. Red. Shi-l[=o]-[=a].
East. White. K[=o]-h[=a]n.
Heavens. All colors. [=I]-t[=o]-p[=o]-naen-ni.
Earth. Black. Quin-n[=a].
[Plate XXI: GROUP OF SAe-LAe-M[=O]-B[=I]-YA MASKS.
1 NORTH. 2 WEST. 3 SOUTH. 4 EAST. 5 HEAVENS. 6 EARTH.]
They come after sundown to the village. The serpent, made of hide, is
about twelve feet long and eighteen inches through the thickest part
of the body. The abdomen is painted white, the back black, covered
with white stars, which are represented by a kind of semicircle,
an entirely conventional design. The neck rests through a finely
decorated kind of altar carried by the two Soot-[=i]ke. The tail end
of the fetich is held by the priest of the K[=o]-l[=o]-oo-w[)i]t-si,
who constantly blows through a large shell, which he carries in the
right hand, holding the serpent with the left. The K[=o]k-k[=o] pass
through the town and visit each kiva; they put the head of the serpent
through the hatchway, that those who are privileged to assemble in the
kivas may see the fetich. The K[=o]-l[=o]-oo-w[)i]t-si is then taken
to the Kiva of the Earth, H[=e]-tk[=a]-pa-que. The walls of this kiva
are decorated with two K[=o]-l[=o]-oo-w[)i]t-si, which extend almost
around the entire walls of the room, the heads nearly meeting at the
north end of the room.
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