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“All of his feathers will be removed except for a few, to be used in pahos and ceremonial objects that will bless the people of Sipaulovi.”
“Turns out she'd taken some pahos that were lying around and tucked them in the brim of her straw hat.”
“Hough [32] says that in accord with the belief that the markings on the tail feathers were caused by the foam and slime of an ancient deluge, the feathers are prescribed for all pahos, since through their mythical association with water they have great power in bringing rain.”
“Having reached the village plaza they marched to the Kisa and deposited their pahos and ceremonial offerings, then dispersed.”
“He was told to go back to his people and explain all these things and tell them to make many pahos (prayer-sticks) and live straight and the good spirits could be depended upon to help them with rain and germination.”
“These pahos are made of a prescribed wood, of length determined by tradition, and to them are tied appendages of symbolic meaning.”
“It is probable that the solution of a carbonate of copper, with which the green pahos were so colored, contributed to the preservation of the wood of which they had been manufactured.”
“Specimens of strings and ropes of yucca, which were comparatively abundant at Awatobi, were not found at Sikyatki; yet their absence by no means proves that they were not used, for the marks of the strings used to bind feathers to the mortuary pahos, on the green paint with which the wood was covered, may still be readily seen.”
“As at the present day, cottonwood and willow were the favorite prescribed woods for pahos, and some of the best were made of pine.”
“Figure 354 shows the hand with marks on the palm probably intended to represent the lines which are used in the measurement of the length of pahos or prayer-sticks.”
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u'pik'ayap'ona, kwayinanne, shilhnanne, u'ky'ahayan el'a, xayeh, wenima, kuaua, kimo, tesuque, tso'ya, shalako, apilhalu and 116 more...
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fbharjo prayer-feathers Aug 16, 2012