Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . torch, in the left yamuwe. But when he whips the chil-dren and goes around the \illage to take away the bad luck he putsaway his yamuwe and carries yucca in the right hand and a torch inthe left. There are really two distinct Culawitsis. There are two ancientmasks. The one that is used at Calako is kept with those of Sai-yataca, Hututu, and Yamuhakto in house 56. At that time the imper-sonator is a Uttle boy, from 10 to 14 years of age. He is selectedindirectly by the priests, and must be Badger
Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . torch, in the left yamuwe. But when he whips the chil-dren and goes around the \illage to take away the bad luck he putsaway his yamuwe and carries yucca in the right hand and a torch inthe left. There are really two distinct Culawitsis. There are two ancientmasks. The one that is used at Calako is kept with those of Sai-yataca, Hututu, and Yamuhakto in house 56. At that time the imper-sonator is a Uttle boy, from 10 to 14 years of age. He is selectedindirectly by the priests, and must be Badger clan or child of Badger. The mask that is used for the initiation is kept with the mask ofthe many colored SaUmopiya in house Xl63. This house, also isDogwood. The impersonator on this occasion is an older man. Heis picked out by the head men of uptsanawa kiva, and must belong tothat kiva and the Badger clan. Culawitsi is frequently referred to by the Zufiis as the fire god, butin theirown language he is usually called i^ekwin tsana (little pekwin). < o UJ < 2Z?oo z a:u. I- o DZ z H a:o >• oo-Jo2XHUJ z< D
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