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Object Number
45-25-10/28803
Display Title
Palhikmana Katsina (Butterfly Katsina)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Palhikmana--Butterfly Katsina; AKA Poliimana--Butterfly Maiden or Corn-Grinding Maiden; tablita--headdress; manta--dress
Object Description
Pahlikmana Katsina (Butterfly Katsina) carved from cottonwood root painted with natural pigments, wearing a traditional embroidered white manta as a cape, the body is painted with yellow and black stripes, the face is painted white, with blue and black eyes, and the rainbow arc, red, and rain, white, green, red, white, blue, yellow also on the face. The Pahlikmana is wearing a tablita (headdress) with symbols os cloud and rain painted in red, white, yellow, black, and blue. The Pahlikmana is wearing a traditional embroidered white kilt painted black.
Inventory Description
Kachina, carved wood, polychrome incl. face paint, canvas cape, stepped tableta
Classification
- Kachina
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca. 1870
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Arizona, northeast
Dimensions
Overall: 58 x 34.2 x 10 cm (22 13/16 x 13 7/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
45-25-10/28803
Provenance
Collector
Thomas V. Keam
(1892)
Donor
Donated by
Estate of Mary T. Hemenway
(05/05/1945)
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