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and beak, which are fine imitations of the heads of these birds. The 

 realism of these masks, as compared with the conventionalism of the 

 masks of Patszro, Kwayo, and others, would indicate the later intro- 

 duction of Kovona and Kowako into the katcina cult. 



(Plate XIX) 



Momo, the Bee katcina, has a yellow head with black crescentic 

 bands extending on each side from the globular eyes. The back of 

 the head is banded j'cllow and green, and on the crown there are 

 pedunculated bodies arranged in a row, with two long, stiff, black 

 projections representing antenna?. There are also feathers on the 

 back of the helmet. He carries a miniature bow and arrows. In 

 the dance he imitates the hum of a bee, and goes from one spectator 

 to another, shooting the blunt arrows at them. To still the cries of 

 children, due to mere f''ight, the Bee katcina scjuirts a little water on 

 the supposed wound." 



TETANATA 



(Plate XIX) 



The picture of the Wasp katcina has bod}-, legs, arms, and mask 

 painted with parallel lines of green, brown, red, j'ellow, and black. 

 There are two straight vertical horns on the head and a long slim 

 proboscis, also banded with black and white. This being is only 

 occasionally personated in the winter ceremonies. 



(Plate XX) 



On the morning of the last day of Powamu, the beans which have 

 .sprouted in the kivas are plucked up and distributed by masked 

 persons to all the people in the pueblos, who boil and eat them as a 

 great relish. Each of the nine kivas delegates two or more men to 

 distribute the sprouts grown in that kiva. From the fact that these 

 men distribute the bean sprouts at early dawn, they are called Telavai 

 (Dawn), although thev represent Malo, Owa, Tacab, or others. 



There are in the collection a number of paintings to which this name 

 was given which did not appear in the Powamu in 1900. 



The distinctive symbolism of Telavai is a rain-cloud design on each 

 cheek, and ej-es that are each represented by a band having one end 

 curved. There are four horizontall}- ari'anged eagle feathers on top 

 of the helmet, surmounted bj' a cluster of variegated feathers. 



" In 1900 a small syringe was used for this purpose. 

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