FEWKEs] MOMTCITA CEREMONY 25 



On one of the days of this festival men personating' niaiiv kinds of 

 birds dance togetiicr in the Nacab kiva; this danec is repeated in the 

 Powanul festival, when all the bird masks are repainted and the bodies 

 of the participants are decorated with feathers, the winjfs and tail 

 being attached feathers. The following birds are personated: 



Kwaliu, Eagle. Tiirpockwa. 



Keca, Hawk. Totca, Humminghinl. 



Kowako, Chicken. Pawik, Duck. 



Patszro, Snipe. Monwu, Owl. 



Hotsko, Owl. Kwayij, Hawk. 



MOMTCITA 



This special ceremony of the Kalektaka, or warrior society, intro- 

 duced by the Pakab or Reed (arrow) clans, whose chief is Pautiwa, 

 is observed directly after Soyaluiia. The society has a .special room 

 for its meeting, which is under the old Pakab house and is entered 

 from the roof. Ordinarily this room, called the Piiiikonki or house 

 of the god of war, is closed. The four walls are decorated with 

 pictures of animals, as follows: On the north side there is a picture 

 of Toko, the Mountain Lion; on the west wall is Honaui!i, the Bear; 

 on the south is Tokotci, the Wildcat, above which is a five-pointed 

 star; and on the east is Kwewu, the Wolf, above which is a picture 

 of the sun. From their positions on the walls these animals may be 

 judged to be the distinctive beasts of these cardinal points. In one 

 corner of this room there is a recess, ordinarily' closed Ity a tlat slab 

 of rock luted in place, in which the images of the war gods are kept. 

 At the time of the ceremonj' these fetishes and a number of old celts, 

 ancient weapons, bows, arrows, and tiponis of the Kalektaka society 

 are arranged in the form of an altar. 



Prayer-sticks of peculiar construction are made by the Kalektaka, 

 and there is a dance at daybreak on the day after their manufacture, 

 in which the participants carry guns, bows, arrows, and other war 

 implements. 



The rude stone images representing the Hano war gods are arranged 

 in the kivas during the celebration of the Soyaluna, in the manner 

 described in an account of the rites of the winter solstice at the 

 pueblo. The\' represent the two war gods, the Spider woman, their 

 grandmother, and Wicoko, a giant bird. The warrior celebration at 

 Hano is combined with the winter solstice rites, whereas in Walpi 

 it is distinct, or rather the Reed or Pakab clans have a special warrior 

 celebration. 



The three principal images or idols are Piiiikoii hoya, Palufia hoya, 

 and Kokyan wiU|ti, the symboli.sm of which is shown in the pictures. 



There are other images of Piiiikon hoya in Walpi which are brought 

 into the kivas at Soyaluna; as one belonging to the Katcina clan, used 



