Putska Tihu Kachina
Putska Tihu, she resembles Palikmana (girl with the rainbow face), pine wood, flat square figure, tableta on head in three seperate pieces, white field designs are in red, black, yellow and turquoise. A white fluffy feather is inserted in the tips of each tableta (One feather is missing on 'left' tableta). On forehead is a round long horizontal bead with small gold chicken feathers on each end.
- Object: Putska Tihu Kachina
- Artist: Unknown
- Circa: -
- Dimensions: 10 x 7 "
- Culture Area: Southwest
- Cultural Group: Hopi
- Cultural Context: This tihu was originally made to be a wall hanging item, now it is given to babies to play with, since kachinas break easy.
- Donor: Betty B. Goshay
- Catalog #: 97.255