This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 Excerpt: ... in her right (plates cv and cvi). The Natacka helmets had turkey-tail feathers1 closely radiating vertically at the crown, and they wore a cloth shirt and trousers, with belt with silver disks. Each had buckskin leggings and wore a fox-skin around the base of the mask; two large buckskins hung as mantles over the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 Excerpt: ... in her right (plates cv and cvi). The Natacka helmets had turkey-tail feathers1 closely radiating vertically at the crown, and they wore a cloth shirt and trousers, with belt with silver disks. Each had buckskin leggings and wore a fox-skin around the base of the mask; two large buckskins hung as mantles over the right shoulder. He carried a bow and arrows2 in the left hand and with his right hand he received the food and placed it in the tozruki3 slung over his right shoulder. Soyokmana was personified by a lad of 12 years, wearing a womau's blanket (kwaca) and a buckskin mantle. He had a nakwakwoci, stained red, tied to the scalp lock. A similar group, all costumed identically, was prepared in each of the three villages. The group of Tewa personifications weut to every house in that pueblo and then to the houses in other villages where men from Hano have married. The groups of the other towns go first to the houses of their own pueblo and then to the houses in the other villages where men have transferred themselves by marriage. When the Walpi group had finished their exercises at Hano and Sitcomovi they went back to Walpi and proceeded along the front side of their pueblo to their own kiva, where they disrobed about dark. The object of the, exhibition was to frighten children who exhibited fear of them, but children 0 years of age or thereabouts were somewhat familiar with them, and while it was evident they held the monsters in considerable awe they tried to assume a bold front when receiving the seeds and snares.' 'At the tip of the lowest tail feather on each side a nakwakwoci stained with cuta was hung. 1 Natacka carried a handsaw in the left hand. 'Bandoleer. At 8.30 a man personifying Tiim;ickatoina ran through Walpi from the Moukiva toward Wala, ...
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Add this copy of Tusayan Katcinas, Volume 15 to cart. $45.69, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Nabu Press.
