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Object Number
985-27-10/59050
Display Title
Poliimana (Butterfly Maiden Katsina)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Poliimana
Object Description
Poliimana (Butterfly Maiden Katsina). Tableta w/ cloud symbols cut out. Clouds & rain painted on it w/ other symbols. Border in pink, black & yellow. Remains of feathers. Reverse of tableta has same symbols but is painted w/ more colors, blue & green. She wears a shawl w/ a black & rust border. Wood. 35x22.4 cm.
Inventory Description
Kachina doll, carved wood, poly pig., stepped tableta, feather frags
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1900-1985?
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Materials
Wood, Feather, Cotton string, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 36.2 x 22.1 x 7.9 cm (14 1/4 x 8 11/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/59050/ 24695
Provenance
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
Collector
Samuel J. Guernsey
(1926)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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