ILLUSTRATIONS

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1.[Wa-xthi´-zhi (Iⁿ-gthoⁿ´-ga (Puma) gens)][30]
2.[Shoⁿ´-ge-moⁿ-iⁿ (Ṭsi´-zhu Wa-shta-ge gens)][30]
3.[Shell gorget and downy plume (Life symbols)][44]
4.[Wa-sho´-she (Hoⁿ´-ga A-hiu-ṭoⁿ (Eagle) gens)][44]
5.[Wa-ṭse’-moⁿ-iⁿ (Wa-ça´-be (Black Bear) gens)][54]
6.[a, War standard (Symbolizes the white swan). b, Ṭse´-wa-the root (Nelumbo lutea) used for food][54]
7.[Xu-tha´-wa-ṭoⁿ-iⁿ (Ṭsi´-zhu Wa-noⁿ gens)][84]
8.[Straps for tying captives][84]
9.[Four Osage children][92]
10.[Child’s hair cut of the Tho-xe and Ni´-ḳa Wa-ḳoⁿ-da-gi gentes][92]
11.[Men, showing hair cut of adult Osages][92]
12.[ Bone ear perforators and expanders][92]
TEXT FIGURES
1.[Diagram showing places of gentes in the lodge][36]
2.[Symbolic robe prepared for children][54]
3.[Chart of constellation Wa´-ba-ha (Ursa Major)][74]
4.[Chart of Ṭa Tha´-bthiⁿ, Three Deer (in Orion)][74]
5.[Totemic cut of the Omaha boys’ hair][87]
6.[Symbolic hair cut of the Hoⁿ´-ga gens][89]
7.[Symbolic hair cut of the Ṭsi´-zhu Wa-shta-ge gens][89]
8.[Hair cut of the Ṭsi´-zhu Wa-noⁿ and the Wa-ça´-be (Black Bear) gentes][92]

THE OSAGE TRIBE: TWO VERSIONS OF THE
CHILD-NAMING RITE
By Francis La Flesche