246 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 184 
The Fire society also has two special kinds of bear masks called 
Kokohé (the ordinary word for bear is k’éhaiya; see p. 143). I believe 
they are not considered katsina. 
Ocatc. (Fig. 32.) Side dancer; 2 masks. Blue-green face; flowers 
on forehead; eagle tail feathers; red horns; black fur bib; wildcat pelt 
collar. 
GIANT SOCIETY 
Héruta. Same as for Fire society. 
Maidyana (‘‘seven’’). (Fig. 32.) Line dancer; 7 masks. Spruce 
twigs, 2 eagle tails, 1 parrot tail, feathers on top of mask; tablita is 
blue-green with red band across top surmounted by white clouds; lower 
part of face on each side, yellow; black band with white circles in 
middle of face; spruce collar. 
Go’ékiwa. (Fig. 32.) Side dancer; 2 masks. Blue-green face; 
red eyes, eyebrows, and mouth; unspun cotton, 4 eagle wing feathers 
on top of mask; a bunch of “something like grass” on each side of 
top of mask; bib of “some kind of hair’ beneath mouth; wildcat 
pelt collar. 
The Go’ékiwa katsina are tied together when they enter the plaza. 
Héruta presents them to Tiamunyi, who “accepts” them and tells 
them not to be mean (they have an irascible disposition, carry 
yucca whips, and are inclined to whip anyone they encounter). The 
Koshairi, also, admonish them and urge them to go about in a peaceful 
manner. After a time, Héruta claps his hands and the Go’ékiwa lunge 
apart, breaking the bonds that have tied them, and rush off in different 
directions, whipping everyone they come across. Koshairi and Héruta 
go after them and try to calm them, “‘but they are still mean and like 
to whip people, especially little [i.e., uninitiated] kids.” 
Siku. (Fig. 32.) Side dancer; 2 masks. Black face with blue- 
green spout and eyes; unspun cotton, 4 eagle tail feathers, and an 
arrow on top of mask; the head of the arrow is red, the shaft has short 
fluffy eagle feathers tied to it; hair bib beneath mouth; wildcat pelt 
collar. 
Merinako, 7 masks. 
SNAKE SOCIETY 
N6’wira (so called because he utters this cry). (Fig. 32.) Side 
dancer; 1 mask. Black face; horns blue-green at base, outer half is 
black; red wool hangs from base of each horn; blue-green crescent 
between horn and eye; black protruding eyeballs with white irises; 
white teeth; eagle tail and owl body feathers on back of mask; wildcat 
pelt collar. N6’wira is a katsina hotcanyi (chief); “he is a very old 
man.” ‘The head of the Snake society leads him when he appears. 
