iS HUPI KATCINAS [ktm. an.n. 21 



KECA 



(I'htte XV) 



Till' liuiirc of Kccii. the Kile, lias two parallel lilai-k niai'ks on each 

 side of the I'aee. not unlike the I'aeial symbols ol' the war j^'ocl. I'iiiikofi 

 lio\ a. The liody is white with black spots ropresentino- feathers, but 

 the I'orearnis and lej^s are paintecl yellow. The wing's iin> imitated by 

 a row of feathers tieil to the arms. an<l the tail liy feathers attaclied 

 to the bre(>ehi-lout. Keca holds in his left huiid u hai'c and iu his 

 rieht a rabbit. 



I'AWIK " 



d'hite XV) 



I'awik. tile l)lick kateina. is represented in the aceompaiiyirii!;' pic- 

 tures. The helmet is yreeii with a lone- curved snout ]iaiiit(Hl yid- 

 low . around the hase of which is tied wool stained red. 'Vhc eyes 

 are rectangular, the left yellow, the right blue. 'i\vo upright eagle 

 feathers ai'e attached to the left side of the helmet, near which is a 

 bunch of horsehair stained red. On the right .side of the helmet i.s 

 tied an o\(>id symliol of an undeveloped squash with ii breast feather 

 of tlu' eagle iirojecliiig from one pole. and nnl hoi'sehaii- about its base 

 of attachment. The upper part of the htdmet is girt by parallel 

 bands of black, yi>llo\v. and r(Hl. The lower rim has a ))laek liand in 

 which there are patches of white. The tree rejiresented between the 

 two figures is the pine. 



T(>I<A 



(I'late XVn 



Totca. the Ilumniing Bird, has a globular head painted lilue. with 

 long- ])ointed t)eak. The dorsal pai't of the body is coloi-ed green, the 

 ventral yellow. The rows of feathers down the arms are wings, by a 

 mov(Miieiit of which the flight of a l)ird is imitated. 



MONWr .\NI> KOYI.MSI 



iriatexvn 



This ]iersonation of the Owl has a helmet with rows of parellel 

 ytdlow. green, red. and black <'resceiits, and a prominent hooked 

 beak. He wears a I'abliit-skin blanket tied liy an embi'oidered sash, 

 and holds a bow and arrows in one hand and a rattle in the other. The 

 figure is aeeoinpauied bv a clown who has a feather in each hand. 



'1 For description ot Pinvik kntciim j-it Tn-nymi Katcinas, ntteenth .\niniiil Roport of thi- Bureau 

 of Ethnology, 1S97. imges 2119-303. 



