292 TIJSAYAN KATCIXAS (kth. ann.15 



mmaxkatcina 



All outline of the cereinonials attending" the dejiartnre of the Katci- 

 iia.s from three of tlie Tusayaii viUages has already been <;iveii else- 

 where.' From new observations it is found that niueh remains to 

 eoniplete this aecoiiiit, hut the main events have already been described. 

 A\liile the chince resembles the abbreviated Kateiiias, from which it 

 should not be widely separated, the altar and kiva ceremonials place it 

 in the group of elaborate I\ateiiias or those with coini)licated secret 

 usages. It is only in those villages in which are preserved the wiiiii of 

 the Kachina mofiwi that this celebration can occur, although, as we 

 shall later see, abbreviated Katciiias are not so limited. It will prob- 

 ably be found that any abbreviated Katcina may be u.sed for the 

 public dauce of the Niman, but no abbreviated Katcina can have 

 the secret ceremonials of the Niman without becoming the same. 

 When the Katcina chief, Intiwa, sets up his altar it is but natural that 

 any set of Katcinas may give the public dance, which, while a neces- 

 sary accompaniment, is far from being prescribed as to kind. 



ABBREVIATED KATCINAS 



CHARACTKKISTICS 



This group includes a large number of simple ceremonials in which 

 a masked dance in public, is the most significaut part. The general 

 character of these observances may be seen by a consultation of my 

 article, "A few summer ceremonials at the Tusayau pueblos."^ The 

 distinctive name is determined by the characters personitied as indi- 

 cated by the symbolic markings of the masks or by other paraphernalia. 

 ]Sro elaborate kiva ceremonials are performed.^ 



All the abbreviated presentations have certain common features 

 which run through them. These characteristics may be learned from 

 my description in the article on "The summer ceremonials," ■■ but in 

 order to make them more prominent I have mentioned them in an 

 aiipended footnote. ^ 



The special Katcina celebrated is designated by the symbolism 

 depicted on the mask, which is repainted and redecorated according 

 to the Katcina which it is intended to represent. For the special 



'Journal of American Ethnology and Archaeology, vol. II, So. 1. 



'Ihiil. The fuUowiuK abbreviated Katcinas have been described and figured: (1) Humiak.itcina, 

 Corn Flower; (2) iualiatcina, Long Beard; (H) Coydhimkatcina, All; (4) Ilebiakatcina; (5i Siokatcina, 

 Znni; (6) M.^lokatcina. The Bvmbolic character.s of the diflercnt Katcinas are beat sbnwn in my 

 article on "Dolls of the Tusayan Indians." The Nimllnkatcjna is likewise outlined in the Journal 

 of Atnerican Kthiiology and Archaeology, op cit., and some of these alibreviatcd Katcin.-is are aecom- 

 paninients of thoNinuin. 



^ The participants of course freijuent the kiva to prepare their masks and eoatume for one or more 

 days i>ri;viou8 to the public dauce, and certain simple leremonial objects, as pAhos and uakw-lkwocis 

 are made there, but in none of those Katcinas which are included in this group have I as yet observed 

 any altar or the like. The very name " abbreviated " eliminates naturally these complex proceedings 

 and i>araphernalia. 



■» Oji. cit. The spruce tree of the Katcinas is commonly set up in the plaza. 



