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deads. d'Ke maker ok an image must Zivs a "soup" eitker wken Ke dsgins work or alter ids image is knisked. Ike kgure, wken completed, is kastensd to a stake, wkick is set up, kacing tke kre, inside tks durning-ground enclosure. Ike kgure is alwaxs placed eitker on tke east or west side ok tke kre, near tke opening in tke kence (at tke spot marked dx a cross in tke diagram, KK§. 60), and is gsnerallx put on tke side nearest to tke place wkere lived tke person lor wkom it stands. Ike greater part ok tke ceremonx ok tke durning is tke sains, wketker or not tkere is an image present. Wken tke image is present, kowsver, during tke earlier part ok tke proceedings it is cornrnon kor a rnernker ok tke Lecret Locistx to approack tke kgure, and act as ik kesding it witk acorn-kread, saxing, " Here is dread! eat it, old rnan." k?ksn, dreaking tke dread in pieces, Ke kolds it to tke place wkere tke rnoutk ok tke linage skould de. ^.s a rule, tkere are several dasksts ok rneal and kood placed on tke ground at tke dase ok tke pole wkick supports tke kgure. Wken tke end ok tke durning comes near, tke ckiek or skarnan goes up to tke linage, kollowed dv several inernders ok tke Lecret Locietx- One ok tkess takes tke kgure dv tke rlgkt arin, and anotker dv tke lekt; and tkus tkev lead or carrx tke linage to tke kre, rnaklng lt move as lk walking. Lkould a dow de arnong tke adjects to de durned kor tke kgure, one rnernker walks in advance ok tke irnage, carrying tke dow witk arrow on tke string, and jump ing rapidlx krom side to side as Ke walks, aiming now kere, now tkere, stopping kre^uentlx, stooping, croucking, kssitating,. and trxlng kor a detter aim. XI! Kis motions are as ik Ke were trxing to skoot an unseen snemx- Ik a dear-kids is to de durned, it is carried dekors tke image dx a rnsmdsr ok tke societx, wko kolds it kigk adove Kis kead, and makes several circuits ok tke kre tkus, crxing loudlx tke wkile. Lskind tke image come otker inernders ok tke societx, carrxing dasksts ok acorn-kour, dirck-seed kour, acorn-dread, etc. Xs soon as tke procession reackes tke kre, tke image is tkrown on at once, and also tke dow, dear-skin, and kood. Ikis occurs alwaxs as tke verx knal part ok tke ceremonx, just as dawn is dreak- ing, and is tke signal kor krantic dursts ok wailing and crxing.