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Object Number 45-25-10/28712
Display Title Pahlikmana Tablita (Butterfly Dance headdress)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Bu-ln-ti-ki-bi Naktci; Pahlikmana-Katsina Maiden; Poliimana-Butterfly Maiden; She can appear during the Angk'wa
Object Description Painted wood head tablet of the Butterfly Dance. Butterfly dance tablita with five cloud motifs on top, central figure is sun symbol, with flowers on the proper left and right of the sun symbol.
Inventory Description Tableta, wood, polychrome, corn husk ring attached with hide, leather straps
Classification
  • Headdress
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Arizona, northeast
Dimensions Overall: 35.4 x 31.8 x 1.4 cm (13 15/16 x 12 1/2 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 45-25-10/28712 & 3549
Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Mary Hemenway, 1945
Provenance
Collector Thomas V. Keam (1892)
Collector Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (1892)
Donor Donated by Estate of Mary T. Hemenway

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