Sio Calako
(Plate VI)
This picture represents one of the Zuñi giants personated in Sichumovi in July,[1] whose masks were introduced from Zuñi by Saha, father of Supela and are now in the keeping of the Honani clan, of which he was a member.
In the personation of these giants, the mask is fastened to a stick, which is carried aloft by a man concealed by blankets which are extended by hoops to form the body.
The head of the figure is surmounted by a crest of eagle feathers which are tipped with small breast feathers of the eagle. There are two lateral horns and a protruding snout; a symbol in the form of an arrowhead is painted on the forehead. The eyes are shown as globular, and are situated on a horizontal black band which crosses the upper part of the face, and around the neck is a collar of black feathers.
The body is represented as covered below with a blanket upon which are vertical masks representing feathers, or with a garment of feathers, characteristic of these giants, and over this, on the upper part of the body, is a representation of a white ceremonial blanket with triangular designs, symbols of rain clouds.
The helmets or masks of the Zuñi Calakos were displayed at Pamürti[2] with those of Wüwüyomo in the ancestral home of the Honani clan, to which they belong.
Helilülü
(Plate VI)
The figure of this katcina as drawn by the Hopi artist has two horizontal eagle feathers attached to the head and a cluster of red feathers and hair hanging on each side, which is a very uncommon feature.
The figure has a mountain lion skin around the neck, and is represented with yucca whips in the hands. The rows of small tin cone or shell rattles (called helilülü) along the lower rim of the kilt, shown in the picture, have probably led to the name by which it is known.
Woe
(Plate VI)
The symbolism of Woe katcina is a chevron across the nose, a symbolical design identical with that of the eagle, and figures of artificial flowers on the head. Two persons, a man and boy, represented the Woe katcina in a Buffalo dance in the winter of 1899‒1900.
