and beak, which are fine imitations of the heads of these birds. The realism of these masks, as compared with the conventionalism of the masks of Patszro, Kwayo, and others, would indicate the later introduction of Koyona and Kowako into the katcina cult.
Momo
(Plate XIX)
Momo, the Bee katcina, has a yellow head with black crescentic bands extending on each side from the globular eyes. The back of the head is banded yellow and green, and on the crown there is pedunculated bodies arranged in a row, with two long, stiff, black projections representing antennæ. There are also feathers on the back of the helmet. He carries a miniature bow and arrow. In the dance he imitates the hum of a bee, and goes from one spectator to another, shooting the blunt arrows at them. To still the cries of children, due to mere fright, the Bee katcina squirts a little water on the supposed wound.[1]
Tetañaya
(Plate XIX)
The picture of the Wasp katcina has body, legs, arms, and mask painted with parallel lines of green, brown, red, yellow, and black. There are two straight vertical horns on the head and a long slim proboscis, also banded with black and white. This being is only occasionally personated in the winter ceremonies.
Telavai
(Plate XX)
On the morning of the last day of Powamû, the beans which have sprouted in the kivas are plucked up and distributed by masked persons to all the people in the pueblos, who boil and eat them as a great relish. Each of the nine kivas delegates two or more men to distribute the sprouts grown in that kiva. From the fact that these men distribute the bean sprouts at early dawn, they are called Telavai (Dawn), although they represent Malo, Owa, Tacab, or others.
There are in the collection a number of paintings to which this name was given which did not appear in the Powamû in 1900.
The distinctive symbolism of Telavai is a rain-cloud design on each cheek, and eyes that are represented by a band having one end curved. There are four horizontally arranged eagle feathers on top of the helmet, surmounted by a cluster of variegated feathers.
- ↑ In 1900 a small syringe was used for this purpose.
