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the hair whorls of the Powamu Katcin-manas (see PI. LXXIII, />) for 

 the dance of the Powamu Katcinas (which will be described later on), 

 sprinkle the Katcinas with corn-meal at the Katcina dances, etc., and 

 participate in the Powamu ceremonies whenever and wherever the 

 presence of women is proper and necessary. 



Sixth Day. (Fifth Day of the People.) 



In the morning the na^si is put up and the usual ceremony per- 

 formed. During the day the men work on the tt'/ius, bows and rattles 

 to be given to the children on the last day. In the evening the same 

 ceremony takes place as in the morning. On one occasion, however, 

 this difference was observed, that in the morning the cloud-blower was 

 used at the conclusion, in the evening at the beginning of the cere- 

 mony. 



In those years in which new members have been initiated into the 

 Powamu fraternity on the preceding day, the initiation of new mem- 

 bers into the Katcina order takes place on this day. On those occa- 

 sions the proceedings of this day are as follows : Early in the morn- 

 ning the same ceremony is held in the Honani kiva as on the previous 

 mornings. When that is over preparations are at once commenced 

 for the ceremony mentioned. 



The Katcin-Yungni. (" Katcina Going in " or '-'Assembling.") 



This important ceremony always takes place in the Marau kiva, 

 the only kiva in Oraibi that belongs exclusively to the women. In 

 the morning the Powamu priest puts up at the south end of the hatch- 

 way of this kiva a natsi, consisting of an entire yucca plant, the leaves 

 of which are about ten inches long. This is inserted into a cone- 

 shaped pedestal or stand made of clay and a number of eagle feather 

 nakwakwosis are fastened to the leaves. At about ten o'clock several 

 men of the Honani kiva commence to make a sand mosaic on the 

 floor of the Marau kiva north of the fireplace. These men are not 

 always the same in the different years, but Koyongainiwa and 

 Lomaashniwa are usually the leaders in it. They first sift a layer of 

 common yellow sand on the floor, three-quarters to one inch thick. 

 This is thinly covered with a layer of light brown ochre which is found 

 not far from Oraibi. On this field are then reproduced three figures: 

 two representing the Ho, one (in the center) the Hahai-i or Angwush- 

 nacomtaka Katcina (see PI. LI I). The first two are represented as 

 holding a whip or switch of yucca leaves in each hand, with which this 

 Katcina flogs the children in the initiation ceremony that soon follows 



