KEWKEsl NAVAHO KATCINAS 97 



Ciwikoli wears a kilt made of red-stained horsehair, and a ])an- 

 doleer. He carries a whizzer or bull i-oarer in his right hand. A fox 

 skin is tied about his neck. 



Ciwikoli is a Zuiii personation. Words like Suniaikoli. Kawikoli, 

 Ciwikoli, having the termination -koli, are foreign to the Hopi lan- 

 guage, although common in eastern pueblo tongues. 



Navaho Katcinas 



TACAIJ (naACTAD.II) 

 (IMate XXXV) 



This Navaho god is incorporated in the East mesa ritual, and is 

 known by the following characteristic symbolism: 



The mask has a projecting visor, to the rim of which is attached a 

 row of eagle feathers inserted vertically in a wad of straw, the edge 

 of wiiich shows above the visor. A conical structure made of sticks 

 colored red, tipped with j-arn, red horsehair, and eagle feathers 

 arises from the top of the head. 



One side of the face is colored green, the other red, the two sides 

 being separated by a white median band, across which are parallel 

 l)lack lines. The eyes are represented by horizontal bands painted 

 black. The pointed marks above and below the eye slits, with which 

 they are parallel, represent gourd sprouts. A symbolic squash blos- 

 som is appended to each side of the helmet. This object is made of 

 wood or a section of a gourd, and is crossed on the concave face Ijy 

 diametrical lines, at the point of intersection of which there is an eagle 

 feather. The right side of the ))ody and corresponding arm are colored 

 yellow, the left red. A network of red lines cov^ers the body, as is 

 indicated in the picture. 



The bandoleei' and necklace are pine boughs, which are also carried 

 in the hands. Two eagle feathers are tied to each armlet. The belt 

 is composed of silver disks, and the kilt is colored red and white; the 

 latter has green diagonals, and tassels on the lower corners. Sleigh 

 bells are attached to a gai'tcr of yarn tied ))elow the knee. 



TACAB (tKNEBID.ii) 



(Plate XXXVI) 



The artist has figured in this plate one of the most common Navaho 

 katcinas personated by the Hopis. The eyes are black, horizontal 

 bands, curved at the outer ends; the snout is long. On that side of 

 the head which is turned to the observer there is a symbol of a half- 

 formed squash surrounded by red horsehair, and to the opposite side 

 of the head are attached two vortical eagle feathers. On tlie crown 

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