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Ficure 34.—Katsina mask (Berictca). 
fluffy eagle feathers and a bunch of parrot body feathers on top of 
head; sheep wool on forehead; back of mask is white with 4 butterflies 
outlined in black; spruce collar. 
One of my informants, who had a copy of Stevenson’s ‘“The Sia,” 
identified the katsina illustrated therein as follows: plate 31, A, Heruta, 
without the feathers; B, unidentified; C, Waioca, Duck; plate 32, D, 
Go’ okiwa; E, Kohaiya (bear). 
In the old days masks were made of bisonhide. Nowadays, how- 
ever, it is necessary to use cowhide since bisonhide is not readily 
available (although there is a small herd of bison at Taos pueblo). 
The masks are stored in the house of the society that owns them, 
with the exception of Sicti, whose masks are kept by Katsina-Gomai- 
yawic. They must be repainted and refurbished from time to time. 
This is done by the society that owns them. 
Blue-green paint for masks is made of mo-ckai, which is azurite, 
a blue basic carbonate of copper, or malachite, a green basic carbonate 
of copper; azurite weathers down to malachite (White, 1948, p. 368). 
These materials are found in the nearby mountains. Mo-ckai is 
ground to a fine powder with mortar and pestle and mixed with 
water to make paint. It is blown in a fine spray from the mouth 
upon the masks. Then another liquid is sprayed on to set the mo-ckai 
paint. This liquid is made of raw seeds of the indigenous pumpkin 
(Cucurbita moschata), called Dowai’mi (‘native’) Danyi (‘pumpkin’) 
