Tile
97-85-947
From: United States of America | Arizona
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-85-947 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Hopi |
| Provenience | United States of America | Arizona |
| Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
| Locus | near Jettyto Spring |
| Date Made | 1885-1900 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Clay | Pigment |
| Technique | Polacca Polychrome |
| Iconography | Katsina | Kachina | Zuni | Cloud | Flower Blossom | Rainbow |
| Description | Rectangular, ceramic tile painted with the image of the Zuni (Sio) Hemis Katsina, a design borrowed from the Zuni and used in the Niman (Going Home) Ceremony. The Katsina wears a rectangular headdress with flower, rainbow and cloud symbols. The side edges of the tile have shallow arches painted. |
| Length | 16 cm |
| Width | 11.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-85-947 - Old Museum Number | 16787 - ANSP Number | 1168 - Gottschall Number |
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