Native American Hopi Carved Butterfly Maiden Sculpture--Blue

Description

Native American Hopi Carved Butterfly Maiden Sculpture by Benjamin Kabinto Palhik Mana is a Butterfly Maiden, not a Katsina, but a woman dancer. She generally appears in August, as that is when the butterflies appear. The Butterfly Dance, a traditional social dance of the Hopi, is held in August after the gathering of the harvest and presentation of the Snake Dance. It is a thanksgiving dance for the harvest, chiefly for the corn crop and features dancing by young Hopi maidens. This beautiful piece has the Maiden with the body of a Butterfly and wearing a traditional red, black and white Manta. A really wonderful piece by Benjamin.