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Object Number
45-25-10/28731
Display Title
Cumulous Cloud Katsina headdress
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Tukwinong or Omaw Katsina.
Object Description
Cloth headdress, three oblong semi-circles painted black, white, and brown along the base of these is a strip with vertical black and white stripes (symbol of clouds and rain?).
Inventory Description
Headdress, hide band, 3 fabric cloud projections, blk, wht, brn pig., yarn
Classification
- Headdress
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
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Navajo County
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Hopi Reservation
/
First Mesa
/
Walpi
Additional Geographic Terms
Arizona, northeast
Dimensions
Overall: 11.1 x 22.5 x 8 cm (4 3/8 x 8 7/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
45-25-10/28731/ 3564
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes
(1892)
Collector
Thomas V. Keam
(1892)
Donor
Mary T. Hemenway
(May 5, 1945)
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