98 HOPI KATCINAS [f.th. 



of the head are variegated parrot feathers. The red fringe on the 

 forehead represents the hair. 



TACAB (yEBITCAI) 

 (Plate XXXVI) 



The name of this Navaho supernatural is translated Gi'andfather 

 katcina, and the Hopis say that the Navaho name has a like uioauiug. 

 The artist has depicted on the mask a stalk of eorii on a white face. 

 The eyes and mouth are surrounded b}' two half rectangles. A 

 conventional ear of corn is painted on the left cheek. There is like- 

 wise a crest of eagle feathers on the head. Yebitcai weai's a blue 

 calico shirt, black velvet pantaloons, and Navaho leggings. Both the 

 pantaloons and the leggings have a row of white disks along the out- 

 side which represent the well-known silver buttons, and he wears a 

 belt of silver disks strung on a leather strap. A buckskin is repre- 

 sented over his right shoulder, and in his left hand he carries a bow 

 and two arrows, and a skin pouch for sacred meal. 



TACAB 



(Plate XXXVI) 



The artist has also represented another Navaho katcina with points 

 of symbolism similar to that of Yebitcai. The face is painted white, 

 with crescents under the eyes and mouth. There is a repi-esentation 

 of a stalk of growing corn on the median line of the mask, and an ear 

 of maize on each side. 



The figure wears a red kilt and a l)lack bandoleer, and carries yucca 

 whips in his hands. 



SoYOHIINt KaTCISAS 



Under this name the Hopis include many masked personages which 

 appear in dances called by the same name (called here also Abljreviated 

 Katcina dances). 



(Plate XXXVI) 



Very few of the Hopis identified the picture of this katcina as Kae 

 or Corn katcina, the name given to it by the artist. The validitj' of 

 this identification is supported by the predominance of the maize 

 sj-mbol, which covers the whole back of the mask. 



To the rear lower part of the head are attached feathers, two of 

 which are vertically placed. The right side of the face is painted 

 green, and on it are markings representing sprouting corn seeds. 

 The visor has wooden slats, symbolic of lightning, tied to its rim. 



On one side of the picture the artist has represented the ordinary 

 triple rain-cloud symbol above a corn plant, and some of the Hopis said 

 that the rain-cloud design should have been painted on all the pictures 

 in the collection. 



