Object Record
Images
Metadata
Artist |
Diné (Navajo) |
Title |
Pictorial Textile Depicting Mudhead Kachina figures and Hopi Rain Cloud Motif |
Date |
1910-1915 |
Medium |
wool, natural and commercial dyes |
Culture |
Diné (Navajo) |
Object ID |
2011.10.1 |
Collection |
Indigenous Art |
Object Name |
Blanket |
Credit line |
Gift of Adam and Larry Lazar in memory of Burt and Brenda Lazar |
Didactic Information |
Water is a critical element necessary for survival. The Pueblo peoples incorporate symbols of water, such as clouds, rainbows, and lightning into their ceremonial and everyday objects. Though this textile is of Navajo origin, the symbols depicted on it are Hopi. These symbols are easily relatable between different cultures. In this pictorial, the following are portrayed: Rain clouds: symbols for change, renewal and fertility. Mudhead Kachina: a Hopi spirit-being depicted as a clown that appears in most Hopi ceremonies; symbols of well being, good times and harvest. Kiva: an underground room used by Pueblo peoples for religious rituals. |