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Work Record
Class [controlled]:
• Native American art • sculpture
• toys
*Work
Type [link]: •
kachina doll
*Title: Palhikwmana-Kachina
Figure
*Creator
Display: unknown Hopi
*Role
[link]: artist [link]:
unknown Hopi
*Creation
Date: 19th century [controlled]: •
Earliest: 1800 • Latest:
1899
*Subject
[links]: •
religion and mythology • toy •
doll • human figure • female
• dance • storytelling •
Palhikwmana (Hopi iconography)
Culture [link]:
• Hopi
*Current
Location [link]: Ethnologisches
Museum (Berlin, Germany) • ID:
Inv.-Nr. IVB 5106
Creation Location:
Arizona (United States)
*Measurements:
42 cm (height) (16 1/2 inches)
[controlled]: • Value:
42 Unit:
cm Type:
height
*Materials
and Techniques: wood and cloth, formerly
with feathers
Material [links]: •
wood • cloth • feathers
Description: The
figure of Palhikwmana ("liquid-drinking girl"
or "corn-grinding girl") wears an extravagant
headdress, crowned by cloud terrace and originally
included feathers. She is dressed in real clothing,
imitating the ceremonial clothing of a Palhikwmana
dancer.
Description Source
[link]: Native American Art in the Collections
of the Ethnological Museum Berlin. Berlin:
G & H Verlag Berlin, 1999. Page:
118
Required and recommended elements
are marked with an asterisk.
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