FEWKEs) KATCINAS APPEAKING IN PAMI'RTI 59 



DESCRIPTION OF THE PICTURES 



The symbolism of the different beings mentioned in the preceding 

 pages may be sufficiently well made out by an examination of the fol- 

 lowing pictures and descriptions; but in order to facilitate references 

 the}' are arranged, so far as possible, in the sequence in which the 

 beings they represent appear in the Hopi ferial calendar. As the 

 principal symbols are always delineated on the mask, special attention 

 is given to the head in these descriptions. The words "head" and 

 "mask" arc used interchangeably. 



The collection does not contain representations of all katcinas with 

 which the Hopis are acquainted, nor is it claimed that pictures made 

 by another man might not vary somewhat from those here figured. 

 The chief symbolic designs charactei'istic of different gods are. how- 

 ever, brought out with such distinctness that all would be immediately 

 recognized by any intelligent Hopi. 



PaMURTI CEREMOIsr 

 PAUTIWA 



(Plate II) 



The picture of the Zuiii" sun god. Pautiwa, has a horizontal 

 duml)-bell-shaped design across a green face, and a long protuberant 

 snout.* It has terraced symbols, representing rain clouds, attached to 

 each side of the head, and a pine-bough collar tied around the neck. 

 The head is crowned by a cluster of l)right-colored feathers, and white 

 cotton strings hang from the haii'. 



The figure carries a skin meal pouch and a wooden slat (mofikohu) 

 in the left hand, and two crooked sticks in the right. The blankets, 

 kilt, great cotton girdle, and other bodily paraphernalia are similar 

 to those in other pictures. 



From his preeminence in the Pamiirti, Pautiwa'' is evidently a 

 very important god, and, although his objective symbolism is unlike 

 that of other Hopi sun gods, the part he plays is so similar to that 

 played by Ahul that he may be identified as a sun god. As the Hopi 

 representation was derived from Zuiii, we may look to students of 

 the mythology of that pueblo for an exact determination of his 

 identity. 



Pautiwa was a leader of the Pamiirti at Sichumovi in l!M)(i, and the 

 part was taken by Homovi. The ceremony opened In' Pautiwa, full}' 

 masked and dressed, going from kiva to kiva informing the men that 

 a meeting would be held at Homovi's hou.se on a certain date not 



"The Zuiii name also iy Pautiwa. 



''For picture of the doll see Internationales Archiv fiir Ethnographie, Band vii, pi. viii. fig. 23. 

 ■"The ending "tiwa" is common in Hopi personal names of men, as Intiwa, Masiumtiwa, and 

 Wikyatiwa. 



