Plaque
Tray
38582
From: United States of America | Arizona | Third Mesa | Oraibi
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 38582 |
| 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 is painted with an image of a Katsina, likely the Shalako or Butterfly Maiden (Palhik Mana) Katsina. Red circle below each rectangular eye. Red rays radiate down from around the mouth and a red and green checkerboard pattern is painted on the forehead. An elaborate, tableta headdress around the head. The edge is painted with red and green ticks bordered by solid, black lines, then wrapped with a yucca band. The design is duplicated on the reverse. |
| Outside Diameter | 42.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901 |
| Other Number | 48 - Field No SF |
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