T. Huma
Supai Uncle
15" total
height
"This is a side dancer,
an accompanying dancer to the Supai Kachina. He may appear at
Second and/or Third Mesa but would probably be costumed differently
at different villages.
"The Supai people came
to trade with the Hopi a long time ago. The Supai, when they
left, took with them 2 Hopi maidens. A Hopi 'bum' was sent out
to rescue the maidens. He was accompanied by a Kachina who gave
him a test to perform.
The 'bum' was to go and hunt
for a big horn sheep. While the 'bum' was gone, the Kachina went
out to the Supai camp and threw the Supai guard off a cliff.
The Supai lost his head in the fall and the Kachina then returned
to the village holding the Supai's head and singning.
The 'bum' returned to where
the Kachina had been and, not finding him there, he went to the
Supai camp, rescued the girls and returned to the village in
union with a group of these Kachinas."
- Ricks, J. Brent, et al., Kachinas:
Spirit Beings of the Hopi (130)
