126 THE WA-WAC-KA-TCI-NA : 



red, and white bands around the upper rim. From these 

 bands depend other lines or bands painted in the same 

 colors, a medial band being red and those on either side 

 yellow, white and green. Above the round orifices mark- 

 ing the position of the eyes there was tied a small fragment 

 of pith, the signification of which is unknown to me. The 

 mouth is duck-bill shaped not unlike that so common among 

 the Ka-tci-nas. 



In order to show how the race which has been described 

 differs from the ordinary running races which accompany 

 the great celebrations in the Hopi calendar, let us take for 

 illustration that performed on the morning of the ninth 

 day in the La' '-Id-kon-tt. 1 This race differs in details from 

 that of the Flute, the Snake and the Nimdn-ka-tci-na, but 

 has several points in common with them ; so that, looking 

 at their relationship in a broad way, we may say that their 

 common features show the general character of the races 

 which accompany the great ceremonials. 



The races in the festival mentioned always take place 

 from the plain or the foot hills up the mesa trails, although 

 the limits of the race are two points in the plain or in the 

 foot hills. The termination of the race is not limited 

 nor do the contestants stop running until they enter the 

 village on the top of the mesa. In certain of these the final 

 ceremony connected with the race takes place in the un- 

 derground kib-va where the rites of the particular festival 

 are celebrated. 



The man who stands at the terminal goal of the race is 

 a priest dressed in appropriate costume holding a crooked 

 stick in his hand. He makes upon the trail, near which 

 he stands, in sacred meal, the symbol of the rain cloud. 

 As the racers approach they pass over these figures and 



1 For description of the La,' la-kon-ti see American Anthropologist, April, 18y2. 



