ornamentation, dance ornamentation, mazocoba, maaso koba, maaso kova, masokova, mazo kova

Head ornament. A stuffed deer head worn by El venado during the dance. The skin has been stripped from the head, the bones have been removed and cleaned, and eyes of glass have bee...

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 ...

"The dances of the Balenge people are similar to those I have previously described from the people of Bangveolo, as is clear from the following description from my book From Cape t...

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 ...