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Various Sizes - Matted Prints
Situated in what is now northeastern Arizona, on the edge of the Painted Desert, the Hopi are widely considered to be the “oldest of the native people” within north America. This painting shows a Hopi maiden wearing the distinctive hairstyle called “squash blossom” or “butterfly” whorls. To make this hairdo, a young woman's mother would wind her hair around a curved piece of wood to give it a round shape. Then she would tie it off in the middle and remove the wood frame. Before being allowed to assume this hair style though, the young woman must pass through a four-day ceremony demonstrating her mastery of women's skills. After this, she can emerge with her hair arranged in this tribal coiffure, the symbol of female maturity, and show all her pueblo that she is of marriageable age.
She also wears turquoise mosaic earrings, necklaces of coral, and a traditional black, red, and white woven manta or shawl of the Hopi maiden. All of these items are highly valued and significant to the Hopi, but in her arms, she carries one of the oldest crafts of the pueblo people…pottery. The decorations on this pot include an ancient, stylized symbol of the Rain Bird, as well as other crosshatched symbols of clouds and rain in traditional colors of black and rust on a golden tan background.
The word Hopi itself is a short version of their name Hopituh Shi-nu-mu meaning "The Peaceful People" or "Peaceful Little Ones.” Hopi is a concept deeply rooted in the culture's religion, spirituality, and its view of morality and ethics.
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Various Sizes - Matted Prints
Situated in what is now northeastern Arizona, on the edge of the Painted Desert, the Hopi are widely considered to be the “oldest of the native people” within north America. This painting shows a Hopi maiden wearing the distinctive hairstyle called “squash blossom” or “butterfly” whorls. To make this hairdo, a young woman's mother would wind her hair around a curved piece of wood to give it a round shape. Then she would tie it off in the middle and remove the wood frame. Before being allowed to assume this hair style though, the young woman must pass through a four-day ceremony demonstrating her mastery of women's skills. After this, she can emerge with her hair arranged in this tribal coiffure, the symbol of female maturity, and show all her pueblo that she is of marriageable age.
She also wears turquoise mosaic earrings, necklaces of coral, and a traditional black, red, and white woven manta or shawl of the Hopi maiden. All of these items are highly valued and significant to the Hopi, but in her arms, she carries one of the oldest crafts of the pueblo people…pottery. The decorations on this pot include an ancient, stylized symbol of the Rain Bird, as well as other crosshatched symbols of clouds and rain in traditional colors of black and rust on a golden tan background.
The word Hopi itself is a short version of their name Hopituh Shi-nu-mu meaning "The Peaceful People" or "Peaceful Little Ones.” Hopi is a concept deeply rooted in the culture's religion, spirituality, and its view of morality and ethics.
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