Tile
97-85-946
From: United States of America | Arizona
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-85-946 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Hopi |
| Provenience | United States of America | Arizona |
| Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
| Locus | near Jettyto Spring |
| Date Made | 1885-1900 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Clay | Pigment |
| Iconography | Katsina | Kachina | Palhik Mana | Butterfly Maiden |
| Description | Rectangular, ceramic tile painted with the image of the Butterfly Maiden (Palhik Mana) Katsina. The face has rectangular eyes with red, hachured areas painted below. Red and black rays radiate down from around the mouth. An elaborate, tableta headdress is painted around the head. The side edges of the tile are painted with concentric, brown lines. |
| Length | 16 cm |
| Width | 11.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-85-946 - Old Museum Number | 16789 - ANSP Number | I 995 - Gottschall Number |
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