Hopi "Lakone Mana" and "Mamzrau Mana" Katchina Drawings, 1903 Bureau of American Ethnology Bookplate hand-forged hand toom integrated into the weave

integrated into the weave

I’d probably be inclined to frame this

sugar bowls and creamers in the 80s and 90s before closing his studio

I'm terrible identifying species but with its long snout I have to think a hound

winter and spring

Hopi "Lakone Mana" and "Mamzrau Mana" Katchina Drawings, 1903 Bureau of American Ethnology Bookplate hand-forged hand toom integrated into the weaveThis is an antique bookplate from a 1903 Bureau of American Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution Annual Report featuring original drawings of Hopi Kachina drawn by native artists. These were primarily done by a 30 year old Hopi man named Kutcahanauu, or White Bear, who was hired by American anthropologist Jesse Walker Fewkles to visually record the hundreds of different kachinas revered by the tribe. I wish I had every plate in it as I think the