Hopi Carved/Handpainted Cottonwood Root Butterfly Maiden Kachina/Folk Art/ Zuni Fetish etsy Size: 3 1/8" L "

Size:  3 1/8" L " x 1 1/4" H x 5/8" W

Medium: Highly Polished Blue Apatite Snake /   Turquoise eyes and turquoise heartline

vulnerability and community

Artist: Zuni Fetish carver Abby Quam

Size: 2 5/8" Across  with a 7/8" Opening x 1/2" H

Hopi Carved/Handpainted Cottonwood Root Butterfly Maiden Kachina/Folk Art/ Zuni Fetish etsy Size: 3 1/8" L "Artist: Hopi Carver Randolph David Medium: Cotton wood root, wood burned, hand painted Size: 3 3 8" H x 2 3 4" Across x 1 5 8" Deep Beautiful work! "Palhik Mana" is a Butterfly Maiden, not an actual Kachina, but a woman dancer. She arrives in August, as that is when the butterflies appear. The Butterfly Dance, a traditional social dance of the Hopi, and is held in August after the harvest. It is a thanksgiving dance for the harvest, chiefly for the