. Hopi Katcinas drawn by native artists. ed theprizes, generally a string of paper-bread (piki), hanging above thepicture. ATA(Plate L) This katcina appears in pairs in the Wawac, or Racing Katcina,and is readily recognized by the rattle (aya), which has swastika deco-rations on both sides, forming the head. The snout is seen in the blueprojection near the left hand. Aya wears the belt in a peculiar way, the ends hanging in frontand behind, not on one side as is usually the case. The red objects above the pictures represent rolls of paper-bread,the prizes in the races. LETOTOBI (Plate L) The t
. Hopi Katcinas drawn by native artists. ed theprizes, generally a string of paper-bread (piki), hanging above thepicture. ATA(Plate L) This katcina appears in pairs in the Wawac, or Racing Katcina,and is readily recognized by the rattle (aya), which has swastika deco-rations on both sides, forming the head. The snout is seen in the blueprojection near the left hand. Aya wears the belt in a peculiar way, the ends hanging in frontand behind, not on one side as is usually the case. The red objects above the pictures represent rolls of paper-bread,the prizes in the races. LETOTOBI (Plate L) The two figures represented in this picture have the characteristicattitude of runners; they appear in the Wawac, as the prizes hangingabove them indicate. Their masks have characteristic red bandsacross the mouths and eyes, and are surmounted by crests of yellowfox skins. Their bodies are smeared black. a A Tusayan Foot Race, Bulletin Essex Institute, vol. xxiv, 1892, p. 113-136. BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGr TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT PL. L. AYA
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