. Hopi Katcinas drawn by native artists. marks, whichare repeated on the forehead. The mask which is here figured is not now used, but hangs in aback room of the house of the Katcina clan. It is said to have beenbrought from Kicyuba, the ancient pueblo of this clan. Probablythe clan of which it was the sun mask is now extinct, and the maskremains in the keeping of the chief of the clan nearest related to thatwhich once owned it. The sun mask of the Katcina clan, calledAhiil or Old Man Sun, is elsewhere described. OLD MASK (tCUA CLAN)(Plate XLVII) The ancient mask of the Telia or Snake clan, ca
. Hopi Katcinas drawn by native artists. marks, whichare repeated on the forehead. The mask which is here figured is not now used, but hangs in aback room of the house of the Katcina clan. It is said to have beenbrought from Kicyuba, the ancient pueblo of this clan. Probablythe clan of which it was the sun mask is now extinct, and the maskremains in the keeping of the chief of the clan nearest related to thatwhich once owned it. The sun mask of the Katcina clan, calledAhiil or Old Man Sun, is elsewhere described. OLD MASK (tCUA CLAN)(Plate XLVII) The ancient mask of the Telia or Snake clan, called Wikis katcina,in whose keeping as clan chief it is, has a rounded top, with beardedface surrounded by a plaited corn-husk border in which are insertedradiating eagle feathers and red horsehair. A horn is appended to each side of the head, and between the eyeson the forehead appears an arrow symbol. The body is painted redand the kilt is horsehair of the same color. BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT PL. XLVIII.
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