Old Style Hopi Carved Butterfly Maiden Traditional Katsina Doll

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Old Style Hopi Carved Butterfly Maiden Traditional Katsina Doll by Anthony Monongye

Palhik Mana is a Butterfly Maiden; not a Katsina, but a woman dancer. She generally appears in August, as that is when the butterflies appear. The Butterfly Dance, a traditional social dance of the Hopi, is held in August after the gathering of the harvest and presentation of the Snake Dance. It is a thanksgiving dance for the harvest, chiefly for the corn crop. This wonderful piece is happy hanging on a wall or standing on a shelf. She is accented with beautiful red wrapped hair and large warm-colored wings.