HOJ'I KATCINAS 



Kr.MBi Xatacka 



The ))lack Xatacka has a black mask with goggle eyes and with a gTeen 

 arrowhead on the forehead. It has two horns, one of which the artist 

 has represented, and a crest of conventional eagle wing feathers ris- 

 ing from a bunch of black feathers on the back of the head. A fox 

 skin hangs about the neck. Kumbi Natacka wears a buckskin garment 

 over a calico shirt, and carries a saw in one hand, a hatchet in the 

 other. The black objects hanging over the shoulder are locks of hair, 

 from which depend eagle tail feathers. 



The small figui'e accompanying Kumlii Natacka represents a Hehea 

 katcina, two or more of which go with the Natackas in their begging 

 trip through the pueblos. The body is covered with phallic symbols, 

 and a lasso is carried in the right hand. The leggings are of sheep- 

 skin stained Idack. The face has the characteristic zigzag svmbols of 

 Hehea." 



KiTCA Natai-ka 



(Plate IX) 



The white Natacka reseml)les the black, save that the mask is white 

 instead of black. He also carries a saw in his right hand, and a yucca 

 whip in his left. In the personations of this Natacka the men^ as a 

 rule, carry bows and arrows in their left hands. 



There are also Natackas of other colors which the artist has not 

 figured. 



Xatacka Wuijti, or Sovok Wi'uti 



(Plate X) 



Soyok wiiqti'' has a large black mask with great yellow goggle eyes, 

 and red l)eard and hair, in which is tied a red feather, symbol of 

 death or war. She carries in one hand a crook to which several shell 

 rattles (mosilili) are attached, and in the other a huge knife. She is 

 much feared by the little children, who shudder as she passes through 

 the puelilos and halts to threaten with death those she meets. She 

 appears at Powamu at about the same time as the Natackas, but does 

 not accompany them. 



The episode illustrated by the figure shows an interview of the 

 Soyok woman and a lad who is crying with fright. The woman has 

 demanded food of the boy, and he offers a rat on the end of a stick. 

 The bogy shakes hei- head, demanding a jack rabbit which the boy 

 carries in his right hand. 



" For figure of the doll sec Internatioiuiles Arcliiv fiir Ethnographic, B.inrt vii, pi. ix, flg. 30. 

 ''.Soyok from skoyo, a Keresan word meaning monster or bogy. 



