Indian basketry, and How to make Indian and other baskets (1903)
James, George Wharton, 1858-1923, James, George Wharton, 1858-1923 · Glorieta, N.M., Rio Grande Press · leaf 52
the snakewhips continue for a short time. A most painful silence follows. The hush is intense, the stillnessperfect. It is broken by the prayer of the chief priest, who sprinklesmore sacred meal into the mixture. Others do the same. The liquidis again stirred, and then sprinkled to all the cardinal… … t-lU. ZS. WO.MKN WITH HOPI AND HAVASUl^Al JL^ASKETSSPRINKLING SNAKES WITH SACRED MEAL. back, cheeks, forearms, and legs of the chief priest. All the otherpriests are then likewise painted. Now there is nothing whatever in this liquid that can either charma snake or preserve an Indian from the…
Indian baskets -- North America · Basket making
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