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Object Number 985-27-10/59059
Display Title Hopi wood tableta. Top cut out to create cloud symbols
Descriptions
Object Description Hopi wood tableta. One piece, top cut out to create cloud symbols. Painted on both sides in green, orange, black, pink & yellow. Large painted cloud symbol on both sides in center. Circle of cornhusk wrapped w/ strips of cloth above headgear. Headgear made from leather w/ a metal buckle.
Inventory Description Tableta, wood panel, poly pigment, cloud design, husk ring, hide straps
Classification
  • Headdress
Department Ethnographic
Date 20th century
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona / Navajo County / Hopi Reservation / Second Mesa / Mishongnovi
Additional Geographic Terms Second Mesa
Dimensions Overall: 42.7 x 23.9 x 2.4 cm (16 13/16 x 9 7/16 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 985-27-10/59059/ 24279
Provenance
Collector William H. Claflin, Jr. (08/01/1917)
Donor William H. Claflin, Jr. (1985)

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