Butterfly Maiden Katsina Figure (katsintithu)

Hopi Pueblo, Arizona, Native American

Late 19th/early 20th century

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Black and white photograph of four Native American women wearing jingle dress regalia, holding hands and gazing upward at towering trees
The blade is a piece of a file 5.25 inches long, curved edge 1.938" wide. This is attached to a handle of alder? cut from a tree about 1.5" diameter with a limb .75 inches in diameter. 11.5b. which serves as a handle. The blade was wrapped in blue and white gingham and lashed with Niblick. Fig 94. cotton fish cord.
Rug (Early Crystal style), Diné (Navajo) people, Southwestern Region, Native American, wool
Crudely made, several strands of red-dyed bark produce colored bands. Hole in the bottom.