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Object Number 45-25-10/28715
Display Title Tablita (headdress)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Bu-lin-ti-ki-bi Naktci; Humis
Object Description Wooden head tablet - Humis and Bu-lin-ti-ki-bi Naktci. Tablita (headdress) made of wood, hide, string, and leather painted with cloud, rain, rainbow, and corn symbols in green red, black, white, and yellow. Attached to the leather head band is a carved piece of wood painted in the image of corn.
Inventory Description Headdress, polychrome painted carved wood, step design, leather strap
Classification
  • Headdress
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms First Mesa?
Dimensions Overall: 42.4 x 48.6 x 1.1 cm (16 11/16 x 19 1/8 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 45-25-10/28715; 3561
Provenance
Collector Thomas V. Keam (1892)
Collector Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (1892)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (May 5, 1945)

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Tablita (headdress)
45-25-10/28720 Tablita (headdress)
Headdress
Arizona
Tablita (headdress)
45-25-10/28716 Tablita (headdress)
Headdress
Raw Material
Arizona
Tablita (headdress)
45-25-10/28717 Tablita (headdress)
Headdress
Raw Material
Arizona
Media Restricted
45-25-10/28727 Hemis Katsina Tablita (headdress)
Headdress
Arizona
Tablita (headdress)
45-25-10/28719 Tablita (headdress)
Raw Material
Headdress
Arizona
Tablita (headdress)
45-25-10/28721 Tablita (headdress)
Raw Material
Headdress
Arizona
Tablita (headdress)
45-25-10/28718 Tablita (headdress)
Raw Material
Headdress
Walpi?
Media Restricted
45-25-10/28726 Niman Katsina Tablita (headdress)
Headdress
Arizona
Tablita (headdress)
45-25-10/28724 Tablita (headdress)
Headdress
Arizona
Tablita (headdress)
45-25-10/28728 Tablita (headdress)
Raw Material
Headdress
Arizona
Tablita (headdress)
45-25-10/28722 Tablita (headdress)
Raw Material
Headdress
Arizona
Tablita (headdress)
45-25-10/28722A Tablita (headdress)
Headdress
Arizona