. Hopi Katcinas drawn by native artists. throw-ing nmd during the dances and festivals. PIPTUKA (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 shoulder and aplanting stick in his left hand, indicating his connection with planting. PATUN (Plate LII) Patun, the Squash katcina, is represented as a man with bodypainted green with black stripes, bearing squash blossoms in hishands. The mask is of the same green color, with black stripes, andis made of a large gourd bearing an imitation of a squash flower on thela
. Hopi Katcinas drawn by native artists. throw-ing nmd during the dances and festivals. PIPTUKA (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 shoulder and aplanting stick in his left hand, indicating his connection with planting. PATUN (Plate LII) Patun, the Squash katcina, is represented as a man with bodypainted green with black stripes, bearing squash blossoms in hishands. The mask is of the same green color, with black stripes, andis made of a large gourd bearing an imitation of a squash flower on thelarger end. TATACMl^(Plate LIII) These two figures are pla3ing a game which is sometimes intro-duced in katcina dances. This game consists mainlj in striking abuckskin ball with a stick. Each person holds the end of a stringattached to this ball, which flies back and forth as struck by theplayers. 3 See Journal of American Ethnology and Archaeology, vol. ii, 1892, p. 82, BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT PL. LIU
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