Perhaps because of current rarity of the big horned mountain sheep, Pang seems particularly reminiscent of a way of life that has vanished, due solely to the white man's incursion into Indian lands. Were it not for tourists and great value set on the few big-horned sheep still taken by hunters as trophies, perhaps this Kachina would have joined the other “ancients,” the Kachinas who have fallen by the wayside as Indian life has changed and who no longer find a place in the dances

Pang does not dance alone, but in a group, imitating the heard movement of the sheep. In this respect, the Mountain Sheep Kachina Dance is like the other animal dances: the spirit is summoned most effectively by a dance in which the steps authentically reproduce typical movements of the animal being sought in the next day's hunt. Today, the hunt no longer follows the ceremony, but in old days, the Indians had a two-fold reason for the dance: to ask the sheep spirit for permission to kill the animals they needed for food and wool: and to beg their brother-creature, the sheep, for forgiveness, because if they were to survive and provide for their families, he has to die.

The dancer's headpiece mounts a real set of big horns, and the ruff about his neck is made of Douglas Fir needles. He wears a tail and leans on a staff. If he dances well, the rains will come and the grass will grow, and with abundant feed the sheep herds will fatten and reproduce. With a good sheep “crop,” the Indians will have plenty of meat and hides for the year. The dance will have been a success!