Butterfly Maiden

Wooden Katsina doll. The face is painted white with triangular, hachured areas below the eyes. The eyes are rectangular with one outlined in yellow and the other in blue. The chin has multicolored lines radiating down from around the mouth. An elaborate, stepped, tableta headdress is attached to the head painted yellow, white, green and red. The headdress has painted flower blossoms and feathers attached. The body is painted with yellow, red, green, white and black designs, likely indicating a blanket wrapping. This figure is likely the Butterfly Maiden (Palhik Mana). (Colton, H. 1959 #120, Wright, B., 1973 #106)