Pl. X. The Tuihi. 

 This robe is used by certain personages in many of the extended Hopi cere- 

 monies, also by certain Kateinas, In this case it forms a part of the costume of 

 the Odqol-m^nas. The body of the robe is made of cotton, the embroidery work 

 is done with wool. In the lower borders may be seen three symbols of blossoms, 

 representing the blossoms of melons, squashes, herbs, and flowers, etc. Two of 

 the figures of the border represent the hokona, a large butterfly that figures in 

 many of the Hopi ceremonies. What the five double triangular shaped figures of 

 the top of the lower border mean, no one has thus far been able to tell me. It is 

 not unlikely, however, that they represent nakwdwosis (prayer offerings) of turkey 

 feathers. The meaning of the white lines in the two borders and all the perpen- 

 dicular stripes have as yet not been ascertained, either. 



