ANCESTOR WORSHIP IEWKES. 



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very high price. Before a dance the performers often rehearse in 

 the kivas where novices are taught the standard Katcina songs. 



Children are sometimes allowed to perform a Katcina dance of 

 their own, similar to that of their elders, and it is an interesting ex- 

 perience to witness these performances, the mothers taking consider- 



able pride in dressing the little boys for this dance. One or more 

 of the performers at this time carries a bag of pifion nuts which he 

 throws at intervals among the assembled spectators. 



Many Katcinas have been lately introduced into Hopiland, and 

 have no relation whatever to ancestors of Hopi clans (pi. 6). They 

 are not personations of ancients, elders or other members of Hopi 



