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KATCINAS APPEARING IN PAMÜRTI
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and a bow. It has a quiver full of arrows hung on the back, and a bundle of sheep scapulæ in the right hand. The leggings are fringed and the heel bands ornamented.

Hututu

(Plate III)

The figure of Hututu[1] differs from that of Caiastacana in wearing an antelope skin instead of a woman's white blanket. Its mask differs from that of the Zuñi being of the same name in having the terraced ornament on one side of the head replaced by a horn.

Huik

(Plate III)

This katcina, which, like the preceding, appears in the Pamürti, has some of the facial symbols of the Snow katcina. There are two terraced rectangular designs on the face, one inclosing or surrounding each eye. Four large eagle feathers, two on each side, are attached longitudinally to the top of the head, and there are variegated feathers on the crown. The figure is bearded. The kilt is colored green, its lower margin being rimmed with a row of conical tinklers[2] resembling those on the kilts of the Snake priests.

Tcolawitze

(Plate III)

The Hopi artist gives a fair representation of Tcolawitze as he was personated, but has failed to draw the cedar-bark torch which he ordinarily carries.

He bears a bullroar in the right hand, and a bow and arrows in the left. He also has a few rats in one hand and a jack rabbit on his back, so that he is here depicted as he is often personated in rabbit hunts.</ref>The same personate with the same name occurs at Zuñi. See Journal of American Ethnology and Archæology, vol. I, 1891.</ref>

In the Pamürti Tcolawitze was personated by a naked boy whose body was covered with round dots, painted with different colors, as shown in the picture.

Loiica

(Plate III)

Traditions refer this personate to the Asa clan, which is commonly regarded of eastern origin. His picture is simple, with no characteristic symbolism.


  1. The name, which is the same in the Zuñi language, is probably derived from "Hu-tu-tu!" the peculiar cry of the personator.
  2. Deer hoofs, tin cones, or shells called mosilili, which occur in great numbers in ancient Arizona ruins, are ordinarily used for tinklers.