fewkes] katoinas arpeaking in i'alclrkonti ^ 87 



PalllCkonxi (Ankwanti) Festhai. 



MACIIiOL 



(Plate XXVI) 



These two ficjures represent masked men who sometimes appear in 

 the Mareh festival (Anl^wanti) carrying effigies of the Great Serpent, 

 with whieh they appear to .struggle, twisting them about their bodies 

 and causing them to make various gyrations in a startling manner. 



One of the arms represented in the picture is a false one, which is 

 hung on the shoulder of the performer, the real arm ])eing hidden in 

 the bodj' of the .sei'pent effigy. The man holds the stick which is the 

 backbone of the serpent with the hidden hand and witli it iniiiarts 

 the wonderfully realistic movements to the serpent. 



Each figure wears a buckskin blanket and a maslv painted green, 

 across which is a black zigzag band rimmed with white, which in form 

 I'esembles the snake symbol on the kilt of the Snake priests. The 

 helmet has two horns and a bunch of feathers on the top. 



The backs of the two serpent effigies differ in color, one being l)lack 

 and the other brown, but the bellies of both are white. The triangidar 

 s_yinbols on them represent bird tracks; the double parallel marks 

 represent feathers. 



Their heads have a fan-shaped ci'est of feather.s, a median horn curv- 

 ing forward, and a necklace of feathered strings. The eyes are promi- 

 nent, and the teeth and tongue are colored red. 



Macibol is another name for Calako, the sun god, and the epi.sode 

 here figured represents the sky god wielding the lightning. 



TALULtKON AM) TATCJIKTI 

 (Plate XXVI) 



There are many rites in the Afikwanti in which the effigies of Palu- 

 liikoii, the Great Snake, play an instructive role. This picture repre- 

 sents the struggle of a clown with one of these effigies, as personated 

 in the March mystery drama. 



The effigy is made to rise from a jar on the floor to the C(!iling. and 

 when it is thus extended a clown steps up to it and appears to struggle 

 with it; he is finally overcome. There are modifications of this drama 

 which call for special description," but none of these are represented 

 in the collection ui ])ictures. 



IIUUKINES OF CdK.N .MAIUKNS 

 (Plate XXV II) 



On certain years there is introduced in the Ilopi my.sterv drama, 

 Ankwanti, an interesting marionette performance which is illustrated 

 by this picture. The Honani or Badger clan of Sichumovi have two 



"See .V Theatrical i*erformanc-e at Walpi. Proceedings Washington Academy of Scieuce, vol. ii, 

 liKX), [lUgcs B0i-<)29, and pages ■iU-bb of this papiT. 



