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appendages iiiiide of erow feathers on eaeli side. On the top of the 

 head are parrot feathers and bi'east feathers of the eag-le. The 

 edge of the mask is surrounded bj' woven yarn colored black and red. 

 The face, which is painted blue, is almost covered by a triangular l)lack 

 figure rimmed with white occupying the position of the mouth. 



A fox skin is about her neck; she wears a woman's decorated 

 blanket, and carries a meal plaque in her hauds. When the Hogging 

 of children takes place at Hano, Tumas stands at the foot of the kiva 

 ladder while her two sons, called Tuiiwup, perform this act. 



(Plate VII) 



With the picture of Tiunas the Hopi artist has also introduced rigui-es 

 of her two sons, Tuiiwup, as the}' appear in the child-tiogging in 

 Powamu. Tuiiwup has a white mask with black, prominent eyes. An 

 arrow-shaped figure is painted on the f(jrehead, and there is a hoi'n 

 on each side of the head." 



The mouth is large, of rectangular shape, and there is a fox skin 

 about the neck. The bodj' is painted black with parallel vertical 

 white markings. A belt made of ears of difl'erent-coloi-ed corn 

 strung together girts the waist. The kilt is made of a fi-inge of red 

 horsehair, and the heel bands are of tiie same material. There is a 

 j-ucca whip in each hand. 



Details of the ceremonial PowamCi child flogging at Walpi and 

 Hano vary somewhat. In the Hano celebration an altar is juade in 

 the kiva at that time by the chiefs, Anote and Satele, both of whom 

 place their official badges upon a rectangle of meal drawn on the kiva 

 floor. Into this rectangle the children are led by their fostei' parents 

 and flogged in the presence of the inhabitants of the pueblo. 



The two floggers, Tuiiwup, stand one on each side of the figure 

 made of meal, holding their whips of yucca. As they dance they 

 strike the boys or girls before them as hard as they can, after which 

 the}' pass the whips to a priest standing by. After each flogging 

 the yucca whips ai-e waved in the air, which is called the purification. 

 After the children have been flogged man}' adults, both men and 

 women, present their bared liodics. legs, and arms to the l>l()ws of the 

 yucca whips. 



In a dance in the Walpi kivas, at the opening- of the Powamu 

 festival, in which fifteen or twenty Tuiiwups were pei'sonated. several 

 of theii number, as well as spectators, were terribly flogged on bare 

 backs and abdomens. 



As the figure of Tuiiwup is a conspicuous one on the altar of the 



a The symbolism of Tunwup resembles that of Calako, whom thu author identifies as a sun god. 

 Traditions declare that the first youths were flogged by Calako. 



