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TUSAYAN KATCINAS 



[etii. axn. 15 



At tlie conclusion of this ol)servance in tlie ])laza tlic four giants were 

 coiidiictcd by tlic chiefs of the Lizard, Asa, Uadyer, and ^Vate^ yentes 

 to the Louses of the ekler sisters of the respective chins. The Ciilako 

 eflBfjies were suspended by the mask from the rafters of each room, 

 and as the h'ugth of each was 7 feet C inches the tips of the radiating 

 feathers on the Lead and those on tLe last Loop of the framework of 

 the body just touched the roof and floor of the chandler. The same 

 ceremony took i)lace in ea(!h house and tlicre were prayers by the 

 elders, dancing by the etBgy bearers, and singing and drumming by 

 the "Koyimse."' At sunrise — for the exhibitions in the houses lasted 

 all night — a final presentation in the court similar to that which opened 

 the ceremonies took place, after wLicL the C^lakos and mud-Leads went 



Fig. 42 — Position of celebrants in the conrt of Sitcumovi m Sloc^lako.* 



to the cliff and unmasked at the Kachinaki. Tliere they performed 

 purification ceremonies (nav(')tciwa) and dismantled the effigies. They 

 donned their ordinary habiliments and smuggled the paraphernalia 

 back into the chamber in Sitconiovi, where it is ordinarily kept. 



On the Sth and ilth of the month, following the demise of the Cala- 

 kos, a most elaborate Wdwac or Racing Katcina was performed.* 



' Explanation of the diagram : n. 6, c. d, and a, ?/', c', rf'. succeflsive positions of the effigy bearers on 

 the northern and sonthem sides of theplnza; e, E^toto; h, Ilahnlwiiqti; i', fntivra; V. Koyimse: ni, 

 accompanying celebrants. The figures a-'i and a'-d' represent the circles of meal, with cross lines, 

 over which the effigy bearers sland in the course of the cereuionials. 



'The general character of the W-lwac is described in my article in the Bulletin of the Essex Insti- 

 tute, -whoro certain of the masks made use of in it are figured The Kaciiig Katcina iierformed at 

 this time was, however, much more <iimplicated, and a descrijition of it would be a digression from 

 the subject of thisarticle. 



