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may, however, refer the reader to an article by Mr.Elsdon Best, entitled Ceremonial Performances Pertaining to Birth,as Performed by the Maori of New Zealand in Past Times {Journalof the Royal Anthropologicalhistitute, Vol. XLIV, 1914, p. 127),which sheds a clear light upon the general problem. The… … Fig. 6.—Reikesentation ok the ancient Mexican wokshii of the Sin Ihe image of the sun is held up by a man in front of his face ; two men blow conch-shelltrumpets; another pair burn incense; and a third pair make blood-offerings by piercingtheir ears—after Zelia Nuttall. INCENSE AND LIBATIONS 71…
