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An ethnographic study documents and compares the construction, symbolism, and ritual placement of Katcina altars used in Hopi kiva ceremonies across four pueblos. It describes altar architecture, figurines, painted motifs, lightning and corn symbols, prayer sticks, tiponi badges, and other paraphernalia; connects these elements to seasonal rites such as the Powamu bean-planting and the Niman farewell observances; and notes village-to-village variation and limitations of knowledge due to restricted access. Plates and detailed descriptions support a morphological analysis intended to reveal the aims and ceremonial functions of these altars within Hopi religious practice.

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Title: The Katcina altars in Hopi worship

Author: Jesse Walter Fewkes

Release date: February 28, 2023 [eBook #70166]

Language: English

Original publication: United States: The Smithsonian Institution, 1927

Credits: Bob Taylor, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE KATCINA ALTARS IN HOPI WORSHIP ***

THE KATCINA ALTARS IN
HOPI WORSHIP


BY

J. WALTER FEWKES

Chief, Bureau of American Ethnology




FROM THE SMITHSONIAN REPORT FOR 1926, PAGES 469-486
(WITH 3 PLATES)


(Publication 2904)



UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON
1927

Plate 1

Walpi Six Directions Altar