Plaque
Tray
38580
From: United States of America | Arizona | Third Mesa | Oraibi
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 38580 |
| 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 |
| Description | Circular, wickerwork, basketry tray. The center painted with an image of a Katsina, likely the Shalako or Butterfly Maiden (Palhik Mana) Katsina. Red circle below each rectangular eye. Red and green rays radiate down from around the mouth and a checkerboard pattern is painted on the forehead. An elaborate, tableta headdress is painted around the head. The edge is painted with red and green ticks bordered by solid, black lines, then wrapped with yucca. The design is duplicated on the reverse. |
| Outside Diameter | 42 cm |
| Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901 |
| Other Number | 46 - Field No SF |
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