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come often any more because you have eaten our babies." That 

 is why he doesn't often come with Towa Tcakwena, but only rarely. 

 Reference. — Parsons, Notes on Zuiii, 213. 



HupoMo"oTCA (Short Beard) 



He belongs to Towa Tcakwena set. He is the friend of Tsitsiko- 

 hane, who comes with short-haired Tcakwena. They are both good 

 hunters. 



MoK'aiapona (Ball Eyes) 



He has large ball eyes. He sometimes comes with Tcakwena set 

 and dances out of line. 



We'wap 



(Plate 39, a) 



Costume. — Towa Tcakwena mask. Long hair, eagle down on 

 crown, red feather over left ear. Great feather. 



Red body paint, forearms and legs black with white spots. War 

 chief bandoleer. Kilt of bear or wild cat skin, fox skin behind. Bear 

 paws over feet. Carries stone ax in right hand, yucca, points back, 

 in left. Comes rarely with Towa Tcakwena set. Arm bands with 

 spruce. 



Tcakwena (Short-Haired Tcakwena) 



(Plate 40, a) 



Costume. — He has a chin mask painted black. The eyes represent 

 the new moon with the horns down. The people believe that when 

 the new moon appears with the horns down there %vill be rain during 

 the month, because mother moon is pouring out water. The top and 

 back of the head is covered with wild goat skin dyed black with eagle 

 down stuck to the hair with gum. On the head lacowanlana with 

 duck's head. He has a large mouth (citsitone, teeth together mouth) 

 with a beard over the chin (huponine) of mixed black and gray 

 horsehair. 



The body is painted black with yellow designs. The yellow on the 

 shoulders is for fine days \vith sunshine and rain and no wind. The 

 rows of yellow spots on arms and chest represent the rainbows The 

 rainbow stops the rain, but they want the rain to go on, so they do 

 not finish the rainbow, but break it with another design. They call 

 this design pilawapana, bow painting. 



He W'cars buckskin kilt because he is a good hunter. Embroidered 

 sash, blue moccasins, fox sldn, leather arm bands. He wears the 

 bucksldn bandoleer of the war cliief. Turtle shell rattle on right leg. 

 Gourd rattle in right hand, bow and arrow in left. Many beads, 

 back and front. 



