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Dances 69 Eagle Dance of Woodcraft This is done by two dancers. As we saw them at Tesuque Pueblo in 1927, they were painted yellow on their bare fore- legs and breast. The upper legs were painted white, and the reat of the body, dark blue. Around the edge of the yellow breast were fastened soft, short white feathers. Each wore a short white skirt, embroidered in colors; bells about the waistline; red garters, fringed, below the knee where the yellow legs joined the white. The-close-fitting wig or cap was made of short white feathers, with a yellow bill attached. The wings were a strip of yellow material, extending across at back of the neck, along the arm line, farther than the finger-tips. To the back side of this were fastened the long eagle plumes hanging in a straight line. Each wore a danc- ing bustle as tail. They were barefooted. Music—Eagle Dance THE DANCE Enter one Eagle dancer, body bent forward, swinging wings from side to side, with a slow, simple walk (1 step and swing to each measure). Thus he makes one circuit of the dancing space (14 meas.) As he passes the entrance on the beginning of his second round, enter the other Eagle, as above, but progresses in op- posite direction. The first Eagle has changed his step to, step forward right, step forward left, with alow dip (7 meas.) They meet at one side of the circle, hesitate with both wing-tips meeting overhead, facing each other (3 meas. ) They cautiously encircle each other, lowering the wings and raising them again (4 meas. ) Then each completes his own circle to opposite side of the center (7 meas. ) Face to face again, they hesitate, waving arms, and bend- ing knees well (3 meas.) With feet close together, they hop, hop, hop, each to his own right, flapping the wings menacingly (I meas.) To his own left (I meas.) To his own right (I meas.) To his own left , (I meas.) More calmly, they again encircle each other (4 meas.) As No. I again starts to make the circle, No. 2 hesitates (4 meas.)