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Zuñi Folk Tales

Note 19 — THE REVENGE OF THE TWO BROTHERS ON THE HÁWIKUHKWE, OR THE TWO LITTLE ONES[16] AND THEIR TURKEYS (THE ORIGIN OF THE PRIESTS AND CHIEFS OF THE DANCE OF VICTORY)

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Fragments of mountain-sheep horn are used to this day by the Zuñis for the same purpose. They are flattened by heat and perforated with holes of varying size. By introducing the shaft to be straightened, and rubbing with a twisting motion the inner sides of the crooked portions, they are gradually straightened out, afterward to be straightened by hand from time to time as they dry before the fire. Back

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