Hopi Koyemsi The Mud Head Clown

Description

Reddish brown sack mask to which are fastened three gourds, one on top and one over each ear, and painted reddish brown. Rag ruff. Kilt made from a woman's old dress. Body painted with red-brown clay. He carries a feather and rattle. Koyemsi is the most common Hopi clown. He appears in Mixed Katisna Dances and some times a group of Koyemsi appear in a dance of their own. At first Mesa they are said to sing Zuni songs.