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50 : REPORT—1890.

Among the dances belonging to the Tlokoala I mention the Aai‘tlk’é.
(=feathers on head). The Aai’tlk’é is supposed to be a being living in
the woods. He wears no mask, but a head-ornament of cedar-bark dyed
red, the dyed cedar-bark being the emblem of the Tlokoala. This orna-
ment consists of a ring from which four feathers wound with red cedar-
bark rise, three over the forehead, one on the back. The face of the
dancer is smeared with tallow and then strewn with down. The orna-
ments of each dancer—of the Aai’tlk'é as well as of all others—must be

Fig. 17.—Head-mask of Hi’nemix.

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their personal property. They must not be loaned or borrowed. The
following is the song of the Aai't]k-é :—

Fine.
= as ee
ch Wisk Sire Gree re [eae es =— 2p. KES: RETA OE 4 MARNE PRE EEE
Ws ce eee a Te, gh es et ae a ee
Ha ya ha ya. Hi ya ha ya nanu w& - tli - mé.

a) a ee
ge \iGs i end patina a inal hea °
ST Fg 2s =< 8 OC 68.8 @ Qe

hi ya nanu ta th mé nanu wu tli mé ha ya.

oS ee SS

iu Ra =e Woe! ios SS

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Another dance is that of the Hi’nemin, a fabulous bird-like being.
The dancers wear the head-mask, fig. 17. On the top of the mask there
is a hole, in which a stick is fastened, which is greased and covered with