Painting from a Ceremonial House Ceiling

"Here is portrayed three Moods of the Sky and the effects on the Fish and Animals. Sharks and Turtles come to the Surface when it is Raining. Wallabies and Kangaroos are out feedin...

674-3, 6°Kachina dance sash (in two halves); ta-kun-i-kwi-kya-tsi-napa, or kâkâthléom (TK); cotton, wool, pigments; l. 102 cm. (without fringe), w. 26.5 cm.; ca. 1880.‖ The oldest ...

An allegory of the Restoration. An oval picture, with, at the bottom in the foreground, a golden haired seraphim with flowing cloak and large wings. In his hands he holds a sash, b...

362-187Hopi woven belt, faja (TK); wool; l. 239 cm., w. 9 cm.; ca. 1880.\Such belts were usually used by women to secure their dress, but on ceremonial occasions men adopted these ...

This figure belonged to the ceremonial house of the Gaikorobi village, in the region of the Sepik River to the east of the Chambri lakes, on the island of New Guinea. The ceremonia...

The painting is shown in Bohushallen, Bohusläns museum. The painting depicted in the contemporary Swedish painting (1936), page 515. Carsten Hvistendahl was born and raised in Go...