Tablita (Dance Headdress)
1900–1910
- Medium
- cardboard, string, paint, leather
- Genre
- garment
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
America, Native North American, Southwest, Pueblo, Rio Grande, Post-Contact
About
This flat headdress was worn by a female maize dancer. The stepped forms at the top are stylized clouds, while the paired feathers may symbolize prayers.