1014 ZUNI KATCINAS [eth. ann. 47 



carrying sacks of seeds. They thought they were doing enough in 

 bringing a little package in their belts. So f autiwa said to the 

 katcina maidens, "Now you will go in and take the corn for my 

 people, and you will leave corn in every kiva except the one in which 

 you stay." And so they came in and brought seeds for the people 

 to plant in the spring. The men let the women carry in the seeds 

 because the women had blankets snider which to hide their bags. 

 They did not want everyone to see that they were bringing in seeds. 



That is how they come. Let us say that He'iwa kiva is having the 

 dance. Then the katcina maidens come first to He'iwa kiva. They 

 dance there and when they are finished they go out and go to the next 

 kiva. Here they dance for a little while. There are ten katcina 

 maidens and each one is carrying imder her blanket a fawn-skin bag 

 full of seeds. Toward the end of the dance two of the katcina maidens 

 go to the altar where baskets have been set out for them. Then they 

 take their fawn-skin bags and pour the seeds into the baskets. The 

 older sister pours her seeds first, and then the younger sister. 



WTien they are finished dancing the wo'le gets up and takes the 

 seeds and gives a handful to everyone there, even to the little children. 

 And so everyone always comes to the winter dances, and no matter 

 how sleepy the little children are, they always stay \ip all night to get 

 their seeds, so that their fathers may have many seeds to plant in 

 the spring. And if their fathers are poor, the little boys run out as 

 soon as the seeds have been distributed and go to the next lava and 

 get seeds there too. And so they get seeds from all five kivas. 



They bring in seeds each time they dance in winter. They always 

 bring seeds for the people of the five other kivas, and so each kiva 

 gets seeds five times; that is, each time except at their own dance. 



And so it is. Over at the sacred lake are many katcinas and when 

 we have need of anything I^autiwa picks out someone to do it, and that 

 is the way we do it from that time on. 



Sl'wULUHSIETSA (KoMOKATSIk') 

 (Plate 35, c) 



(This is her personal name and is esoteric. She is ordinarily 

 referred to as Komokatsik (katcina old woman). 



Costume. — "The red mark on the face refers to her myth. She 

 was menstruating when she copidated with her brother and so her 

 face is marked with red. She has a dance kilt wrapped around her 

 neck. She wants to hide her face behind it because she is ashamed. 

 The mask covers the whole head. Thehairisof white silk floss. Now 

 she wears regular woman's dress as shown in the picture. In the old 

 days she did not wear the calico blouse under her dress, but her arms 

 were bare. She should not wear the tasseled belt, nor the moccasins. 

 Her feet are bare and she wears anklets of spruce. But now she comes 



