Soyal Kachina Solstice Kachina Second Mesa Green case mask without ears. At Second Mesa the mask has feathers on the top and diagonal hachures on the cheeks; at Third Mesa the mask has a gourd on top and no diagonal hachures on the cheeks. Fox skin ruff. The kachina wears a white shirt of handwoven, cotton cloth, a white kilt, and red moccasins, carries a rattle and a handful of natcis, bows decorated with feathers.
The Soyal Kachina is the first kachina to appear at the time of the winter solstice. The Hopis believe that he taught them to make prayer offerings called pahos.
