Pl. LIV. Katcina Initiation AltaR. 



The two sand mos.aics have been described on the two previous plates. 

 Over the small mosaic may be seen a string of old beads and eagle tail feathers 

 which in the ceremony are attached to the roof of the kiva. To the lower end of 

 this string is tied a small ruhpi (quartz crystal). In the foreground may be seen 

 the fireplace, in the farther left-hand corner the crook (ng'oloshhoya), water vessel 

 {^tnongwikuru) and wooden implement {wonawika) which Muyingwa holds in 

 his hands during the ceremony. 



