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Object Number 45-25-10/28724
Display Title Tablita (headdress)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Bu-lin-ti-ki-bi; Naktci
Object Description Painted wood head tablet - Bu-lin-ti-ki-bi Naktci. Tablita aka Bu-lin-ti-ki-bi Naktci. The tablita is wood painted with green, red, black, blue, yellow, and white. There are two squash blossom flowers painted on front and reverse side of the tablita with a cut out figure in the center. The top of the tablita is in the form of cloud motifs.
Inventory Description Headdress, tableta, carved wood, polychrome, corn husk ring, hide ties
Classification
  • Headdress
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Arizona, northeast
Dimensions Overall: 38 x 31.8 x 1.5 cm (14 15/16 x 12 1/2 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 45-25-10/28724 & 3352
Provenance
Collector Thomas V. Keam (1892)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (May 5, 1945)

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Tablita (headdress)
45-25-10/28716 Tablita (headdress)
Headdress
Raw Material
Arizona
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45-25-10/28720 Tablita (headdress)
Headdress
Arizona
Tablita (headdress)
45-25-10/28717 Tablita (headdress)
Headdress
Raw Material
Arizona
Tablita (headdress)
45-25-10/28719 Tablita (headdress)
Raw Material
Headdress
Arizona
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45-25-10/28721 Tablita (headdress)
Raw Material
Headdress
Arizona
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45-25-10/28718 Tablita (headdress)
Raw Material
Headdress
Walpi?
Tablita (headdress)
45-25-10/28725 Tablita (headdress)
Headdress
Raw Material
Walpi?
Media Restricted
45-25-10/28715 Tablita (headdress)
Headdress
Arizona
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45-25-10/28722 Tablita (headdress)
Raw Material
Headdress
Arizona
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45-25-10/28722A Tablita (headdress)
Headdress
Arizona
Tablita (headdress)
45-25-10/28723 Tablita (headdress)
Headdress
Arizona
Media Restricted
45-25-10/28727 Hemis Katsina Tablita (headdress)
Headdress
Arizona