118 HOPI KATCINAS [eth. axn. 21 



Bein'us not called Katcinas 

 lakoxe maxa 



The two maids represented in this picture appear in the basket 

 danee called the Lalakoiiti. The bands on their heads support rain- 

 cloud sj'mbols, and to these bands are attached horns and squash- 

 blossom sj^mbols. The objects rising vertically from the back of the 

 heads and the clusters in the same place represent eagle tail feathers. 



The faces of the girls are painted yellow, with black bands across 

 the temples and from each corner of the mouth to the ears. In their 

 hands they carry half corncobs with two appended eagle feathers, 

 which objects are thrown into figures of rain clouds made of meal on 

 the ground by their male companion, called Lakone taka. 



The dress of Lakone mana, especially the appendages to the head- 

 band, difi'ers somewhat in the difl'erent Hopi pueblos, as may be seen 

 by consulting a description of the basket dances." 



MAMZKAU MANA 



These pictures represent the two girls who appear in the Maraupaki 

 or Mamzrauti, an October festival, in which the women carry in their 

 hands wooden tablets bearing figures of corn and rain clouds, smd other 

 designs. 



The thighs of the personators are painted witli V)lack rectangles, and 

 on the heads there are wooden frameworks with apical eagle feathers 

 and red horsehair. They wear kilts reaching nearly to the knees, the 

 only instance to the author's knowledge of the use of this garment by 

 girls in ceremonial dances. Their hair is tied down the back. 



PALAHIKO MANA 



This figure represents Palaliiki) mana as she appears in the [Mamz- 

 rauti ceremony. The head tablet is tied l)y a string under the chin, 

 and to this tablet is attached a band which pas.ses over the forehead, 

 as shown in the picture. The tal)let is made of flat boards, and con- 

 sists of six parts, two vertical, two lateral, and two diagonal, each 

 representing ram-cloud symbols tipped by eagle feathers. 



The red objects, one on each side between the lateral and vertical 

 components of the tablet, are symbolic squash blossoms, or the whorls in 

 which Hopi maidens dress their hair. The cup-shaped, pedunculated 



nJournal of American Folk-Lore, vol. xii, lS9i). p. 81-96. 



