Plaque
Tray
38591
From: United States of America | Arizona | Third Mesa | Oraibi
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 38591 |
| 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 design of a Katsina. The face is painted yellow with an orange, horizontal line bisecting it into lower and upper halves. Thirteen, blue rays radiate out from the head. The Katsina is encircled by a checkerboard of red, yellow, green, orange and blue ticks. The edge is wrapped with a wide, yucca band. The reverse shows the back of the Katsina's head. |
| Height | 2 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 39 cm |
| Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901 |
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