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Meal Tray
NA8927
From: United States of America | Arizona
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | NA8927 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Hopi | Moki |
| Provenience | United States of America | Arizona |
| Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Bear Grass | Yucca | Pigment |
| Iconography | Katsina | Kachina |
| Description | Circular, coiled, basketry plaque. The center depicts an image of a Katsina, likely either the Shalako or the Butterfly Maiden (Palhik Mana) Katsina. The Katsina's face includes red, hachured area below the eyes. Black, green, red and yellow rays radiate down from around the mouth. An elaborate tableta headdress is on the head. The design is duplicated on the reverse. |
| Outside Diameter | 43.18 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Richard Waln Meirs, 1918 |
| Other Number | NA8084? - see remarks - Other Number |
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