Tableta

38714B

From: Arizona | First Mesa | Hano

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 38714B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hopi-Tewa | Hopi
Provenience Arizona | First Mesa | Hano
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Fiber | Pigment | Hide
Iconography Humis | Kachina
Description

A wooden tableta headdress with phallic and cloud imagery. The upper edge is terraced and has vertical posts with cord wrapped around. Colors are green, black, yellow, orange, and white. The interior edge that fits around the Katsina mask has a corn husk lining on one side.

Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901

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