tableta

unrecorded Hopi artist, artist

tableta, late 1800s–2007

Where object was made: Arizona, United States

Material/technique: wood; carving; paint; plant fiber; string

Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 40 x 40 x 2 cm
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 15 3/4 x 15 3/4 x 0 13/16 in

Credit line: Source unknown

Accession number: 2007.5975

Not on display

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"Time/Frame," Jun-2008, Robert Fucci, Shuyun Ho, Lauren Kernes, Lara Kuykendall, Ellen C. Raimond, and Stephanie Teasley
For the Hopi Pueblo, the butterfly dance is a social dance occurring every summer after the corn harvest, providing thanks for another year’s sustenance. Young women wear tabletas, or kopatsoki, like the one seen here. Notice the symbols for corn and the butterflies which pollinate them. Young women dance alongside young men wearing symbols for clouds and rain on their clothing, displaying gratitude for nature, and the community’s hopes for continued bounty