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Kwiraina members have one mask of each of these spirits, and only 
they can wear them. 
The ‘badge,’ or indicative characteristic, of Koshairi is a little 
bunch of shredded cornhusk, tied to the side of the head. Kwira- 
ina’s badge is a little bunch of the tail feathers of tcirika, the desert 
sparrow hawk (falco sparverius phalaena) (fig. 19). 
Both Koshairi and Kwiraina take part in the summer ceremonials 
for rain, and also in the solar ceremony, hanyiko. 
The Koshairi society has no katsina masks, but Kwiraina has a 
great many: 12 Deer, 14 Duck, 10 or 12 Kotcininako, 2 Mountain 
Lion, 4 Bear, and 6 Salt katsina masks. 
The Koshairi society has had seven male and three female members 
between 1941 and 1957. Two of the male members died during this 
period. Two small boys and two small girls were inducted between 
1952 and 1957. It is a noteworthy fact that the former head of the 
Koshairi, Juan Pedro Herrera, became a member of the Protestant 
evangelical sect in the late 1920’s or early 1930’s. He withdrew at 
once from all participation in the Indian religion. What happened to 
his paraphernalia could not be ascertained. 
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Ficure 19.—Altar (atctn¥’) of Kwiraina society. The birds are the desert sparrow hawk 
(tciLi-ka; Falco sparverius), mounted on slender sticks about a foot and a half high. A 
string is drawn between the sticks from which depend bunches of sparrow-hawk tail feath- 
ers, the “badge” of the Kwiraina. This altar is shown in Stevenson (1894, pl. xxviii). 
