1072 ZUXI K.\TCIN'AS 



head he wears a bunch of red and yellow paiTot feathers and downy 

 feathers. Two eagle-tail feathers standing up behind, with a bunch 

 (if owl feathers, and a small disk of turkey feathers. Bright-colored 

 ribbon hanging down in back. Spruce collar. 



The body is painted with pink clay and yellow paint. The left arm 

 is green, the right yellow. (Tliis is the characteristic Hopi katcina 

 body paint.) The face is spotted all over to represent a cow. The 

 legs are painted white. 



He wears a buckskin skirt, embroidered sash, fox skin. Woman's 

 belt over right shoulder, like a bandoleer. He wears arm bands of 

 yarn embroidery with buckskin fringes to represent rain. In the 

 right hand a gourd rattle, in the left a staff topped with eagle 

 feathers fastened to the staff with a disk of turkey feathers, black 

 hair and streamers of blue cloth. Blue moccasins. Turtle-shell 

 rattle on right leg, black yarn on left. 



"This is a large dance with a great many people, like a mixed dance. 

 It is danced in the winter by Ohewa kiva. They were the first kiva to 

 dance it, and no one else ever does it. (It was danced as an extra 

 dance by young men from Muliewa on the night of Ca'lako, 1927.) 



"This dance was introduced from the Hopi in 1908. At that time 

 Hopi men came to Ca'lako and danced the cow dance for the Zunis. 

 Ever since that time we have had more cows. (Danced by the Hopi 

 at present. — R. L. B.) 



"This is a regular kiva dance in which the head men take part, 

 not lilve the Navaho dance. 



"He represents the cow, but he brings corn too. He has blue 

 seeds." 



MuKWE (Hopi) 



(Plate 49, c) 



Mask. — Face mask with beard, face turquoise blue with ornament 

 of red and white and checkerboard border. On head paper flowers 

 and bunch of eagle and parrot feathers, ribbon streamers. 



Body painted red with right shoulder and left forearm blue, and 

 left shoulder and right forearm yellow. Legs yellow. (Powamu 

 painting among the Hopi.) 



Dance kilt, embroidered sash, red belt, fox skin, beaded bandoleer, 

 red moccasins, woolen hose fastened with yarn. 



Right hand gourd rattle, left hand crooked prayer stick (carried by 

 Powamu). 



Parallels. — Tliis is probably the Zufii masked interpretation of the 

 Hopi Powamu Katcina, who dances unmasked as the culminating 

 ceremony of the Powamu festival. 



