936 ZUNI KATCINAS [eth. asx. 47 



eagle wing feathers bound to reeds, and surrounded with downy eagle 

 feathers and feathers from the neck of the duck. The base is covered 

 with red flannel. Blue horns, with small feathers hanging from 

 them. Fox skin collar. 



The body is painted pink with clay from the sacred lake. Large 

 white buckslvin fastened on the right shoulder, embroidered white 

 dance kilt, blue moccasins. Yarn on both legs. Many necklaces. 

 In his right hand he carries spnice, in the left a bow and arrow. 



The mask is an old one, but I could not learn in which house it is 

 kept. There seems to be no cult of Natacku. He has not appeared 

 in many years. 



"Long ago, Natacku used to come after itiwan-a to frighten the 

 children. This used to be the day after JPaiitiwa brought the New 

 Year, or the next day. He would go around the village and ask for 

 meat in the houses where there were children. They have not had 

 him come for many years." 



Atocle Otsi 



(Plate 22, d) 



Costume. — The mask is painted black with white spots. He has 

 long coarse hair falling over his face. Large ball eyes, a red snout. 

 On his head lacowan lan'a. Around his neck a fox (?) sldn collar 

 and a wild-cat (?) skin over his shoulders. 



The body is painted red with zigzag marks m white. The thighs 

 are white, the forearms and calves black with white spots. He wears 

 a buckskin kilt, embroidered sash, and red belt. Fox skin behind. 

 Blue moccasins, and blue leather arm bands. In his right hand he 

 carries a large knife, in the left bow and arrow. 



(The drawing was secured by Dr. Elsie Clews Parsons, and there is 

 no accompanying information.) 



Atocle (Suyuki) ^ 

 (Plate 22, c) 



Costume. — She has long coarse gray hair with eagle down in it. The 

 mask is painted black with white spots. She has protruding eyes 

 "so that she can see better," and a large mouth. On her head she 

 wears lacowan lan'a "because she is strong and dangerous." There 

 is eagle down in her long beard. She wears a fawn skin collar. 



She wears a black woman's dress and blanket. Formerly she did 

 not wear the cotton underdress, or the fine white moccasins, but 

 moccasins of rabbit fur. She carries a cane and a rattle of deer 



2^ Both names are used, apparently without distinction. Both seem to be generic terms for cannibals. 

 In folklore there are an Atocle man and an Atocle woman, and both may, on occasions, be called Suyuk or 

 Suyuki. It is the cannibal woman who figures prominently in mythology. There probably are several 

 distinct, but similar, impersonations. 



