11(5 HOPI KATCINAS [eth. 



indicate and the yucca whips in hi« hands imply. The mask repre- 

 sents the head of the chipmunk, and the body is painted in parallel 

 stripes to make the resemblance even more realistic. 



MACMAHOLA 

 (Plate LI) 



This being sometimes takes part in the foot races. The picture 

 shows a olobular mask, two sausage-like appendages on the top of the 

 head, and an old planting stick in one hand. 



TCILIKOMATO 



(Plate LI) 



This picture represents a hunting katcina, with ral)bit sticks 



(putckohu) in both hands. There are two vertical black marks on 



each cheek and two horns on the head. Tcilikomato is personated 

 in font races. 



WIKTCINA 

 (Plate LI I) 



This being assists the clowns, and amuses the spectators by throw- 

 ing nmd dui'ing the dances and festivals. 



PIPTUKA" 



1 Plate LII) 



Piptuka appears in public dances and is a participant in the antics 

 of the mudheads. or clowns. He carries a hoe over his shoidder and a 

 planting stick in his left hand, indicating his connection with planting. 



Patuii, the Squash katcina. is represented as a man with body 

 painted green with black stripes, bearing squash blossoms in his 

 hands. The mask is of the .same green color, with black stripes, and 

 is made of a large gourd bearing an imitation of a squash flower on the 

 larger end. 



TATACML' 

 (Plate LIII) 



These two figures are playing a game which is sometimes intro- 

 duced in katcina dances. This game consists mainly in striking a 

 buckskin l)all with a stick. Each person holds the end of a string 

 attached to this ball, which tiles back and forth as strui-k l>y the 

 players. 



"See Journal of American Ethnology and ArchEeology, vol. ii, l.s9i, p. »i. 155. 



