Hopi Cottonwood Root Butterfly Maiden Kachina/ Folk Art/ Zuni Fetish Baskets Medium: Alabaster painted with cool

Medium:  Alabaster painted with cool markings/ turquoise eyes/ Thick sinew with seed bead wrap and silver melon bead

Size:  7/8" H x 5/8" W x 1 3/4" L

Size:  2 1/4" H x 7/8" Across x 7/8" Deep

Playful pouncing pose balancing on rock ledge

Size:  2" H x 2" L x 1 1/2" Across

Hopi Cottonwood Root Butterfly Maiden Kachina/ Folk Art/ Zuni Fetish Baskets Medium: Alabaster painted with coolArtist: Hopi Carver Randolph David Medium: Cotton wood root, wood burned, hand painted Size: 3 3 8" H x 2 3 4" Across x 1 5 8" Deep Beautiful work! "Palhik Mana" is a Butterfly Maiden, not an actual Kachina, but a woman dancer. She arrives in August, as that is when the butterflies appear. The Butterfly Dance, a traditional social dance of the Hopi, and is held in August after the harvest. It is a thanksgiving dance for the harvest, chiefly for the