on the abdomen. Humis carries a rattle in the right hand and a sprig of pine in the left. A small black stick is tied to his left wrist.
The two figures which accompany Humis represent Hano clowns, who are accustomed to amuse the audience during the celebration of the dances in which he appears.
Each clown wears a cap with two straight horns made of leather, with corn husks tied to the tops. The horns are banded alternately black and white, as are also the body, arms, and legs. The figure to the left has a bowl filled with Hopi wafer bread before him; the one at the right carries a roll of the same in his right hand.
The name Humis is supposed to have been derived from the pueblo Jemez in New Mexico and to be the same as the Zuñi Hemacikwi, a dance which is ordinarily celebrated in summer.
Hopi Avatc Hoya
(Plate XXI)
The Hopi Avatc hoya accompanies the Humis katcina, and, as may be seen by consulting the pictures, differs widely from the Sio (Zuñi) Avatc hoya. The mask is painted black, with white rings; the body, arms, and legs, are painted red, with white rings on the body and arms, and with black rings on the legs. The mouth and eyes are represented by green rings. He wears cones made of corn husks in his ears and curved feathers on the head.[1]
Huhuan
(Plate XXI)
The pictures of Huhuan represent beings with a characteristic gait, who appear in Powamû, when they distribute gifts from one of the kivas.
They wear sheepskin caps and necklaces of mosaic ear pendants. They should not be confounded with the Barter katcinas, who trade dolls, etc., in certain festivals. Their symbolic markings are a checker band of white and colored squares covering the helmet.
Nüvak
(Plate XXII)
There are three pictures of Nüvak, the Snow katcina, two of which represent male personages and one a female. The latter is called the Cold-bringing woman, and is possibly mother of the former.
This personage[2] is regarded by all the Hopi as a Hano (Tanoan) katcina, and the dance in which he figures is said to have been derived from the far east.
