Tile
97-85-945
From: United States of America | Arizona
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-85-945 |
| 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 | Corn |
| Description | Rectangular, ceramic tile painted with the image of the Corn Maiden Katsina. The Katsina wears her hair in two, black whorls on either side of the head. A black and red dress is painted over the body. The side edges of the tile are painted with concentric, brown lines. |
| Length | 15.7 cm |
| Width | 11 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-85-945 - Old Museum Number | 16788 - ANSP Number | I 994 - Gottschall Number |
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