fEWKEs] AHiJLANI, SOYAL KATCINA 121 



(IMate LIX) 



Two pictures of Alosaka wei-e drawn by the Hopi arti.-jt. One of 

 these has a mask with two short, curved horns, such as novices wear 

 in the Aaltfi society. In the left hand this Alosak.i curries a deer 

 horn, and in the right a representation of a ))adg'e (luofikohu) made of 

 a slat of wood." 



The second picture of Alosaka'' is more elaborate than the first. 

 It has the two horns on the head, and the chin is painted black. The 

 semicircular figure above the head repi'esents the rainl)ow on which 

 gods are said to travel; it is appropriately introduced with Alosaka, 

 who is said to have walked on it from the San Francisco mountains to 

 meet an Awatobi uiaid. 



A great part of the picture is taken up by a large rectangular 

 figure of a moisture tablet (pavaoakaci), an object worn on the back 

 by manv personators. This tablet is. strictly speaking, a frame- 

 work over which is sti'etched cloth or buckskin, painted as indicated 

 in the figure.' The zigzag lines about the border represent plaited 

 corn husks, in which feathers are inserted. The red lines drawn 

 between these feathers represent red horsehair, and the small circular 

 objects, three in number on each side, are small disks made of gourds. 



AhClani'' 



(Plate LX) 



This figure represents the Soyal katcina, Ahiilani, and the two 

 Soyal manas as they appear on the morning of the last day (Totok3-a) 

 of Soyalufia, as elsewhere described. The decoration of the Ahiilani 

 mask differs in its symbolism on alternate years, accordingly as the 

 Snake or the Flute dance is celebrated. In the latter case the eyes 

 and mouth are represented b\- crescentic marks, but in the former we 

 find a horizontal black band across the face through the eyes. 



Ahiilani carries under his left arm several ears of corn, and spruce 

 V)Oughs or twigs. In his left hand he bears a chief's badge and skin 

 pouch with sacred meal, while in his right he carries a staff. 



The two Soyal manas differ only in the color of the corn which 

 the\' carry; one has yellow, the other blue corn. Each has a yellow 

 maskette, before which falls a bang compo.sed of horsehair stained 

 red. An eagle breast feather is fastened to the scalp. The lower 



« For figure ol' monkohus. see description of tiie Xew-fire ceremony, wliere personations of Alosaka 

 appear, .American Anthropologist, new series, vol. n, 1900, p. 90. 



''Tlie name Alosaka is ilie Awatobi name of tiie germ god. the Sik.valki efjiiivHU'iil heiny Masami 

 and Eoloto. and the general name MuyiflwO. 



'■ Morphologically u '-un emblem or * back shield " representing the sun. 



J The returning one. i. e., the sun god. 



