Right: The 12-inch "Butterfly" or "Polik Mana" katsina doll dates from the 1940s or 1950s. This photo shows the back of the "Butterfly" or "Polik Mana" katsina doll. Below Left: An 8-inch "Shalako" katsina doll is from a family living in the First Mesa. ca. 1970. Below Right: These flat dolls wrapped in corn husks are made for the tourist trade. On the left is the 6-inch "Snow Bringing Woman" and on the right, is the "Hahai-wuhi." Both dolls were made by L. Menendez. ca. 1990s Pueblo Indians hold complex religious ceremonies with dances in which katsinas play a vital part. These spiritual beings control the rain and snow. The Hopi and Zuni people believe that when they dress as katsinas DQGSHUIRUPFHUHPRQLDOGDQFHV WKHLUDFWLRQVPD\LQÁXHQFHWKHVH supernatural beings into granting a successful growing season for the pueblo. The katsina dances begin on the Winter Solstice and end in mid-July. When a man of the Katsina Society puts on the mask of a katsina to participate LQDFHUHPRQ\KHLVEHOLHYHGWR become that spiritual being. The dances and prayers for rain or snow are very important as the area receives less than ten inches of moisture per year. 62 SPRING 2018