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Show near St. Johns, Arizona. Wright continues that the Zuni Kachinas have family lives and social arrangements, just as their parallel people, the Zunis do. Pautiwa is director of the kachinas at Kolhu/walatwa, and they cannot go to Zuni to dance without his permission. "When the Zuni need a kachina or a dance group to come, they send prayer sticks four days or more in advance to Kothluwala, and Pautiwa will decide who is to visit, sing and dance and bring gifts."6 4 Wright's material is drawn from earlier anthropological reports and thus his description of activities does not account for the strong cultural dynamics at Zuni. Nevertheless his descriptions of the various Kachinas, and their roles in Zuni ceremonial life demonstrates the important role of Kolhu/walatwa in Zuni life. Wright correctly concludes that Pautiwa is the highest Kachina at Kolhu/walatwa and that Kachinas who travel back and forth from Kolhu/walatwa to Zuni do so in the form of ducks. (Pautiwa) presides over Kothluwala and, consequently, receives all of the spirits of the dead. . . . He welcomes all visiting supernaturals who come to Kothluwala, regardless of their condition, although often to greet them he must quiet the other spirit beings so the visitor may be heard and his wants properly attended to. . . . When Pautiwa travels about the country, he assumes the appearance of a duck, putting on its shape and taking it off in the manner of a shirt. 64. Ibid., p. 4. The same information can be found in several references, includingt Hodge, Gene Meany Hodge The Kachinas are Comingt Pueblo Indian Kachina Dolls with Related Folktales, Northland Press, Flagstaff, 1967, p. 125. 65. Wright, 0£. cit., pp. 13-14. - 44 - |
