Headdress Item Number: D4.103 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Wooden headdress consisting of a rectangular piece of wood with a semi-oval cut out of the centre bottom; painted in blue, yellow, green, black and red. The front has a flower in the centre and two feathers on each side. The back has clouds and lightning with two feathers on either side. The front has a circular bundle of fibre attached. There is a thick leather strip that attaches at the back and hangs down past the edge of the wood. A second piece of leather runs horizontally across the opening.
Iconographic Meaning
This is a woman's dance tablita (headdress).
Item History
- Made in Arizona, USA
- Owned by Walter C. Koerner before January 1973
- Received from Walter C. Koerner (Donor) during January 1973
What
Who
- Culture
- Hopi
- Previous Owner
- Walter C. Koerner
- Received from
- Walter C. Koerner (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Arizona, USA
When
- Ownership Date
- before January 1973
- Acquisition Date
- during January 1973
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 87
- Accession Number
- 0233/0050