Dec. 1 901. The Oraibi Powamu Ceremony — Voth. 95 



(see PL LXIII). The Hahai-i is represented as holding a supply of 

 these whips in his arms, which are being handed to the Ho Katcinas 

 whenever those used by the latter are being worn out. The dots of 

 different colors on the mosaic represent blossoms of vegetables, herbs, 

 vines and grasses used by the Hopi. The mosaic is about three and 

 one-half feet square. 



In the afternoon the Powamu priest makes a smaller sand mosaic 

 called the sipapu at the southeast corner of the larger one. (See PI. 

 LIII.) It consists of a square about two inches in diameter around 

 which are drawn four borders, each about one inch wide. The first 

 is yellow, the color of the north ; the second green or blu6, the color 

 of the west ; the third red, the color of the south ; the fourth white 

 the color of the east. These lines are separated by black lines, the 

 color of above. On the four sides of this square are drawn terraced 

 cloud symbols, a yellow one on the north, a green one on the west, red 

 on the south and white on the east side. From each of these are 

 several black lines which represent turkey feather nakwakwosis.* On 

 the north side of this mosaic are placed a yellow corn ear and two 

 light brown celts, one six, the other eight inches long and both about 

 two inches wide at the wider end and bluntly pointed at the other 

 end ; at the west side a bluish-black corn ear with a celt of a similar 

 color, the latter being about nine inches long, the width and shape 

 being about the s>me as the other two ; on the south side a red corn 

 ear and aredceltf the latter being thirteen inches long at the wider and 

 about one incj^'at the narrower end ; on the east side a white corn ear 

 and a celt of the same color as those on the north side,! about ten 

 inches long and two and a half inches wide at the wide end, tapering 

 to a point at the other end. Above this small mosaic is suspended 

 from the roof of the kiva a string with old white hedids {pokrah-iokwabiy 

 and a string with one hundred and four old eagle wing feathers. To 

 the lower end of the first named string is fastened a small quartz 

 crystal {ruhpi). (See PI. LIV.) 



While these preparations are being made several men paint and 

 dress up four boys who are to act in the ceremony as Koyemsi Kat- 

 cinas. Their whole body is daubed with a reddish clay. On the head 

 they wear a mask of the same color and made of old coarse cloth, to 

 the top of which several balls or nodules are attached. Around the 

 hips they wear a kilt made of native blue cloth. They are instructed 



*The cloud symbols are in this case called- the sihuata (blossoms) of the sipapu (see foot 

 note in connection with the explanation of the Powalawu sand mosaic, supra, p. 76). 



fit is highly probable that a celt of a light gray or whitish color was originally lying on 

 this side. 



