Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre

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...

Function: Forty-five theatre masks form a part of the Vanadis Collection, most of them are meant for the no-theatre. The no-theatre is counted as one of the oldest now living thea...

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 ...

"Sometimes both men and women use dance belts of the appearance, which appears from pl. 62: fig. A. The depicted dance belt consists of a coarse fiber cord, which is intended to be...

"Another musical instrument frequently used by the swamps is the dance rattle (hg. 173). More primitive instruments can hardly be imagined, because it consists only of a pump shell...