KEWKEs] SOYOHIM KATCINAS 103 



mouth and two horizontal black marks with upturned ends for eyes. 

 The face is green, with red, yellow, and lilack border; the ears have 

 pendants of corn husks. The blanket is white, with embroidered 

 border. 



Each figure carries in one hand a skin pouch with sacred meal, and 

 in the other a rattle or a luuuber of deer scapula^. 



KWEWU « 

 (Plate XL) 



The picture representing the Wolf katcina has a well-drawn wolf's 

 head with projecting mouth, and a wolf's paw, painted black, on each 

 cheek. To the tips of the ears are appended feathers, stained red. and 

 there are eagle feathers on the side of the head. 



The kilt is made of horsehair, stained red, hanging from a belt 

 which supports the breechclout. The legs and forearms are spotted. 

 Kwewu is generally personated with the Antelope and Deer katcinas 

 running back and forth along the line of dancers, assuming the 

 posture represented in the drawing. 



TCUB* 



(Plate XLI) 



The picture of Tciib, the Antelope katcina, represents a being 

 with two antelope horns on top of the head, an hourglass design in 

 black on the face, black spots on each cheek, and a bunch of feathers, 

 from which arise two eagle tail feathers, on the back of the head. 

 The mask has a long protuberant snout and an artificial squash blossom 

 on each side. 



The bodily decoration and dress are in no respect characteristic. 

 In the hand there is a staff, to the top of which feathers are attached. 

 The symbolism of Tciib katcina is very close to that of SowiSwu. 



SOWIKW1& 



(Plate XLI) 



In the three pictures of Sowifiwu the artist has represented two 

 Deer katcinas ascribed to the old pueblo Awatobi, and witli them a 

 deer hunter of that pueblo, the tradition of whom is still told at AValpi. 



The Deer katcinas have green helmets with projecting visors, from 

 which hang rows of turkey feathers. Deer horns are attached to the 

 top of the head and two eagle tail feathers project from the back. 

 There is an hourglass design in black on the middle of the face and a 

 ))lack dot on each cheek. A circle with radial lines, denoting the si.K 

 cardinal points, is painted on each side of the mask. 



(I For picture of the doll, see Internationales Archiv fiir Ethnographic, Band vii, pi. v, (ig. 2. 

 b For picture of the doll, see same volume, pi. vii, fig. 13. 



