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shrub puti, which is used by the priests for their prayer sticks. In 

 his left hand he carries the six tehia'we, the crooks of appointment 

 for the six Ca'lako and their houses, and many prayer sticks. Each 

 teina'we consists of one long and two short sticks wrapped together 

 in a corn husk, and the sLx tehia'we are tied one over the other. He 

 leaves one on the roof of each kiva. 



When he comes after Ca'lako to bring in the Corn Maids, he 

 carries in his right hand a long staff with feathers at the base, in the 

 left a gourd of water "to bring rain in summer," many prayer 

 sticks, and a tiny basket filled with white meal. 



J'autiwa's mask is kept in the house of the chief priesthood (Dog- 

 wood clan), along with the masks of Upo'yona, the black Salimopiya, 

 and a Ca'lako (K. 161). 



Pautiwa is one of the most impressive of Zuiii impersonations. If 

 possible a tall man of stately bearing is chosen for the part. He 

 wears rich and tasteful clothing and a profusion of feathers and orna- 

 ments. All his movements are measured and stately. When he 

 enters the plaza in the midst of the hilarious dancing of Citsuka and 

 Kwelele at the winter solstice the whole atmosphere of the ceremony 

 changes. 



In mythology Pautiwa is represented at komosona of the village 

 of the katcinas. It is he who always receives and welcomes visitors 

 and hears their requests. He makes up the calendar of katcina 

 ceremonies. No katcina may come to Zuhi unless Pautiwa sends him. 

 Therefore it is Pautiwa who brings to Zuiii crooks (tebiawe) of 

 appointment for the principal participants in all major ceremonies to 

 be held during the coming year. The telnawe for Saiyataca, the 

 Koyemci, Kiiklo and the Kanakwe, if they are to come, are taken by 

 the Pautiwa to the kiva the evening before the new year, and hand- 

 ed out the following morning; those for the Ca'lako are left on the 

 kiva roofs the following evening. 



In folk tales Pautiwa displays the nost honored of Zuni virtues, 

 dignity, kindliness and genero*i,\ n^d also beauty. He has many 

 love affairs with mortal mai'-, v n^'in he rewards richly, and he is 

 unfaihngly generous to his mortal children. In tales it is always to 

 Pautiwa that the Zuiiis appeal when in trouble. 



Ceremonies. — Pautiwa comes three times during the winter. He 

 comes to "make the New Year," to bring in the Corn Maids after 

 Ca'lako, and he comes during the solstice, four days before the new 

 year. "Pautiwa never dances when he comes. Sometimes he sends 

 his son, Upo'yona, to dance in the mLxed dance or during ko- 

 'uptcunawa. 



" When he comes during itiwan'a he is called Komhahkwi, 'katcina 

 witch,' because he comes late at night when no one can see hun. 



