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ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1921. 



They are made in the kivas by the men and at the close of the dance 

 celebrating the departure of these supernaturals or at other times 

 they are given to the little girls. They are, in fact, playthings and 

 are treated by the little girls as such. The instructive thing about 

 them is that these dolls bear the symbolism of different Katcinas and 

 are called by the appropriate name of the supernatural the symbol 

 indicates. The author has seen over 200 different kinds of Katcina 

 dolls (figs. 4-9). 10 



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o. Red hawk. 



c. Owl. 



6. Bee. d. Snipe. 



Fig. 4. — Indian pictures of Bird Katcinas. 



While the Katcinas show one of the best illustrations of the worship 

 of " our others," " elder brothers," or ancestors, there are aberrant 

 examples in other great Hopi family festivals, as for instance the 

 Snake Dance. 



One of the most numerous and powerful families now living at 

 "Walpi is the Snake clan, which claims to be one of the first that set- 

 tled in this pueblo and to have migrated to the Hopi country from 

 the north or from former habitations in the cliffs on the San Juan 



10 See Dolls of the Tusayan Indians, Inter. Archiv. 1892. 



