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her loins In' a great cotton Welt, the ciids of which arc shown on the 

 left side. 



In each hand she carries a notched prayer-stick, called a sum ladder. 

 which is painted yellow on one side of the median line, urecn on tiie 

 other." 



On her back the Butlalo maid wears a sun symbol, which, divested 

 of the peripheral eagle feathers, the artist has shown to the right of 

 the picture. The tips of these feathers are shown on each side of the 

 arms; the accompanying lines represent stained horsehair. 



ANYA KATCIXA MANAS GRINDINCx CORN 

 (Plate XXXII) 



In several ceremonies, especially those in the kivas which drama- 

 tize the growth of corn, there is a ceremonial corn grinding, which 

 also sometimes occurs in the public plazas, as is illustrated liy this 

 picture. The tigures of the group are as follows: 



1. Two Afiya katcina manas 



2. Two Hehea katcinas 



3. Four Afij-a katcinas 



4. One Paiakyamu 



All these figures have symbolic masks which have elsewhere been 

 deseriljed as characteristic. 



It will be noticed that the two whorls of the girls' hair are ditierent 

 from those generall}' worn by Hopi maids. This particular form is 

 said to i"epresent a very ancient coiliure, which is made by winding 

 the hair over an hourglass-shaped piece of wood, but this object is 

 not removed, as are the curved sticks commonly used in making the 

 whorls. 



The sequence of events in this ceremonial corn grinding is as 

 follows: The two Heheas first enter the kiva or plaza, bearing on 

 their backs two metates or grinding stones done up in sheepskins, 

 which they place side by side. Narrow boards, decorated with rain 

 clouds and bird figures, are set up about them, and a plaque of meal, 

 w^ith a brush, is placed by their side. The Heheas, having arranged 

 these objects, seat themselves on each side of the grinding- stones in 

 the attitude shown in the picture. The masked girls then ent(>r and 

 take their positions l)y the metates. 



A line of thirty or more Aiiya katcinas, of which only four are 

 shown in the picture, then file in and take their positions back of the 

 maids; with them enters the Paiakyamu, or glutton, who seats himself 

 facing the girls. 



After an interlocution between the Heheas and the kiva chief, 

 who sits by the fireplace facing them, the trend of their conversation 

 being that the girls ai'e clever meal grinders, the chorus begins a 



1 The artist has made a mistake in painting both sides green. 



