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HOPI KATCINAS
[ETH. ANN. 21

The Hopi variant, as shown in the picture, has a black helmet with projecting flat snout, and a mass of hair to which is attached a red feather. In one hand is a bow and arrows, in the other a knife, suggesting weapons for her function. She is accompanied by a clown, who holds her back by a lasso tied about her waist.

So Wüqti

(Plate XIV)

So wüqti, Grandmother woman, is here represented by the Hopi artist as clasping hands with her child, a Powamû katcina. On each cheek there is a red spot, and in her hair is an artificial flower. She carries on her back Hehea, her grandchild, as the zigzag marks on his face clearly indicate, and has a pine bough in her hand. The fact that her grandchild has Hehea symbols would seem to refer her to the group to which the latter and his sister belong.

Masauû

(Plate XIV)

The picture of Masauû has a round helmet decorated with spots of different colors. At the top of this helmet there are many twigs, to which prayer feathers (nakwakwocis) are attached. There is a decorated kilt around the neck, and a rabbit-skin rug, shirt, and kilt about the body. The legs and arms are painted red and spotted black. The two rings on the breast are parts of a necklace made of human bones. The figure carries a yucca whip in each hand.

Eototo

(Plate XIV)

This is one of the most important katcinas, and is very prominent in several celebrations.

The artist's picture of Eototo has a white head covering, with small holes for eyes and mouth, and diminutive ear appendages. There is a fox skin about the neck.

The blanket is white, and is worn over a white kilt tied with an embroidered sash, the ends of which are seen below. The figure also has knit hose and heel bands. In the left hand there is a skin pouch of sacred meal and a chief's badge[1] (moñkohû), while the right hand carries a bundle of sheep scapulæ and a gourd bottle with water from a sacred spring.[2]

Eototo is one of the most prominent masked personages at Walpi


  1. See Journal of American Ethnology and Archæology, vol. II, 1892. For picture of doll, see Internationales Archiv für Ethnographie, Band VII, pl. IX, fig. 24.
  2. The use of this water and sacred meal is described in the Journal of American Ethnology and Archæology, vol II, 1892.