BVNZEL) SUPPLEMENTARY AND EXTRA DANCES 1065 



MUHKTAKA 



(Plate 47, d) 



Costvme. — On the head, parrot feathers; at the right aide of the head 

 two tail feathers of the eagle and one parrot fail featiier. The face is 

 painted blue. He has a long curved snout (otontsikon-e); short black 

 hair around the face (utcialane). Th^ top and back of the mask are 

 painted black with lahacoma on the back. "The spruce collar has 

 popcorn at the tips of the branches because Muluktaka plants the 

 sweet corn to make the people's skin strong so that it won't crack in 

 the cold weather." 



The body paint is the juice from the stalks of black corn (kekwd). 

 This is for the black earth when it is wet from rain. He wears buck- 

 skin ann bands with tabs of painted buckskin and turkey feathers 

 (asipowopolv lacowapa; arm bands feathers having). Dance kilt, 

 blue moccasins, fo.v skin, turtle shell rattle on right leg, bells on left. 

 Gourd rattle in right hand, in left long staff with feathers (tehia laco- 

 wapa; staff feathers having). Hanging from the end of the staff is a 

 downy feather. The first feather is tail feather of the eagle for the 

 clouds, next hawk feather for the rain, then feathers of all the little 

 birds, because all the little birds sing after the rain. Therefore they 

 always come last. 



This dance belongs to tcupawa kiva. They dance it the day after 

 Ca'Iako. They also dance it sometimes in the winter or simimer rain 

 dance series. Two Muluktaka carrying trees come with Kolowisi at 

 the first whipping of boys. (See p. 977.) 



References. — Described by Stevenson, p. 265. 



Parallels. — "Duck" (waiyush) dance of all Keresan pueblos. Parsons, Notes 

 on Laguna Ceremonialism, 100. 



SUPPLEMENTARY AND EXTRA DANCES 



Nahalico (Crazy Grandchild) 

 (Plate 46, a) 



Mask has turkey wing feathers tipped with downy feathers, bunch 

 of parrot and downy feathers, face white painted with floral designs in 

 blue and yellow, head covered with goat skin. Spruce collar. 



Red body paint, yellow foreanns, dance kilt embroidered sash tied 

 with design on two sides, woman's belt, red moccasins, woolen hose 

 covered with colored yam, arm bands, bandoleer of cedar berries. 



He dresses this w ay when he comes in large group to dance. Society 

 chorus sings for him. 

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