Plaque

Tray

38593

From: United States of America | Arizona | Third Mesa | Oraibi

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name So-Yo-Him Yin-Ya-Pa
Object Number 38593
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hopi
Provenience United States of America | Arizona | Third Mesa | Oraibi
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Yucca | Rabbit Brush | Sumac
Technique Basketry | Wicker | Woven | Plaited
Iconography Katsina | Kachina | Rainbow
Description

Circular, wickerwork, basketry tray. The center is painted with an image of a Katsina. The face is painted orange with two, white, horizontal lines below each rectangular eye. A multicolored headdress resembling a rainbow around the head. The edge is painted with red and green ticks bordered by solid, black lines and then wrapped with a wide, yucca band. The reverse shows the back of the Katsina's head.

Height 3.5 cm
Outside Diameter 46.5 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901

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