Mudhead Kachina

Grants, New Mexico, Native American

About 1930

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Octopus bag, four fingered, with floral design. Black wool cloth. No cord. Beaded in floral design in white, brown, turquoise, yellow, blue, green and red beads of fairly large size. The usual four "fingers." No tassels.
Both pieces have been cut from the same shell, one hole with a bit of black thread in each
Image of protesters marching in sub-freezing temperatures at the Oceti Sakowin Camp, Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, North Dakota, December 5th, 2016
String of 41 shell beads