Bi'NZEL) DANCES PERFORMED AFTER CA'LAKO 1057 



panied by nahia (leader, the equivalent of the Zuni bow priest), heluta (Zuni- 

 Hehe'a), two shruiyana (ferocious katcinas carrying yucca lashes, apparently 

 similar to Zuni Saiyali'a), and ochasha (sun) katcina. 



Jemez. — Hidyasash. (Parsons: .Jeniez, 110, plate 15, d.) 



Nahalic O'ka 

 (Plate 47, 6) 



Mask like Nahalico. See p. 1065. 



Woman's dress, underdress, silk pitone, red belt, white moccasins. 

 Hands white. Carries box, notched stick, and deer scapula. 



Used to come to play for Hemucikwe. Has not come for a long time. 



Parallels. — In August, 1925, at Hano, first mesa, a female impersonator with a 

 white mask played for Hehe'a. (R. L. B.) 



Kanil'ona (Spring Owner) 

 (Plate 47, c) 



On head, downy feather and feathers of summer birds. Mask has 

 round pendent ears and feathers hanging from them. Front of mask 

 painted with forked zigzag down center for nose and zigzags behind 

 ears. Blue frog in back, rest of mask black. Spruce collar. 



Wears no clothing, only small dark-blue breechcloth. Upper body 

 to waist, and below knees painted pink, thighs white, no moccasins. 

 Spruce anklets. Carries nothing. Yarn on right wTist, bow bracelet 

 on left. Yarn and beads around neck. 



References. — Stevenson, Plate III. 



Ma'heti'naca 



(Plate 45, c) 



Costume. — On the left side of the head three tail feathers of the 

 eagle, between the tips of the feathers colored ribbons. These used 

 to be of red flannel. The eagle feathers are fastened to a round disk 

 of turkey feathers (tonalacpone). Red dyed downy feathers. " These 

 are for the red sunset clouds. There are sometimes two, sometimes 

 three ribbons. They represent long life. Around the head a band 

 of rabbit or coyote skin trimmed with a row of beads or buttons for 

 long life." He has protruding eyes, and long hair hanging dovv^n 

 behind. 



His body is painted white all over for the white clouds. He wears 

 a buckskin skirt, arm bands of buckskin with red fringes for the clouds 

 of evening. Fox skin behind. Red moccasins. Sometimes he wears 

 trousers. He wears a turtle shell rattle on the right leg. He carries a 

 bull roarer in the left hand and yucca in the right. 



Ceremonies. — " They come in a large group, all alike. They are 

 nasty dancers. They come iu early in the morning and look around 



