Ceremonial Metate

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 ...

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 ...

A men's cloth (hinggi), consisting of two weaves sewn together. On the cloth are skull trees and horses. The central band shows the 'patola ratu' motif, a motif inspired by the pat...

The cloth is worn as a wraparound skirt by important Bushoong women during rituals and ceremonies. Often the cloth is wrapped with a band or belt around the top, over which the clo...

Pipe bag; Lakota; ca. 1870-1880 \nHide, glass beads, porcupine quills, pigments; l. 40 cm. (incl. fringe); w. 13 cm.\nRMV 3158-9; purchased from art dealer Leendert Van Lier, Amste...

Jimmy Midjawmidjaw (1897-1985) was born on Croker Island, Northern Territory, and he lived some of the time there and the rest in Oenpelli. Midjawmidjaw belonged to the Mirarr clan...

A man's cloth with mamuli motifs on the edge. The mamuli is an omega shaped ear ornament and a symbol of female sexuality. In the Kodi district, the iconography of the cloths refer...