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Object Number
45-25-10/28711
Display Title
Pahlikmana Tablita (headdress)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Bi-lin-ti-ki-bi Naktci; Pahlikmana-Butterfly Maiden
Object Description
Painted wood head tablet of the Butterfly Dance. Painted wood head tablita for the Pahlikmana Dance. Along the top of the tablita are five (5) cloud motifs, three sunflowers and two tad poles also are depicted on the tablita, on the opposite side of the tablita are two birds, two tad poles, two medicine wheels, and a sunflower. it is painted with red, blue, yelow, black, and white.
Inventory Description
Tableta, wood, cloud cutouts, poly- chrome birds, flowers, tadpoles, with hide
Classification
- Raw Material
- Headdress
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Arizona, northeast
Materials
Wood, Hide, Quill, Pigment, Paint
Dimensions
Overall: 30.9 x 28.1 x 1.7 cm (12 3/16 x 11 1/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
45-25-10/28711 & 3549
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes
(1892)
Collector
Thomas V. Keam
(1892)
Donor
Mary T. Hemenway
(May 5, 1945)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45-25-10/28712 | Pahlikmana Tablita (Butterfly Dance headdress) |
Headdress
|
Arizona
| |
| 45-25-10/28724 | Tablita (headdress) |
Headdress
|
Arizona
| |
| 45-25-10/28721 | Tablita (headdress) |
Headdress
Raw Material |
Arizona
| |
| 45-25-10/28725 | Tablita (headdress) |
Headdress
Raw Material |
Walpi?
| |
| 45-25-10/28722A | Tablita (headdress) |
Headdress
|
Arizona
| |
| 45-25-10/28719 | Tablita (headdress) |
Raw Material
Headdress |
Arizona
| |
| 45-25-10/28728 | Tablita (headdress) |
Headdress
Raw Material |
Arizona
| |
| 45-25-10/28722 | Tablita (headdress) |
Raw Material
Headdress |
Arizona
| |
| 45-25-10/28716 | Tablita (headdress) |
Raw Material
Headdress |
Arizona
| |
| 45-25-10/28717 | Tablita (headdress) |
Raw Material
Headdress |
Arizona
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28715 | Tablita (headdress) |
Headdress
|
Arizona
| |
| 45-25-10/28720 | Tablita (headdress) |
Headdress
|
Arizona
|