Sio Hemis Katsina
Year
ca. 1910
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Media/Materials
Wood, paint, feather and twine
Credit line
Gift of Jane Stieren Lacy
Accession number
2009.10
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Further information
Clouds, dragonflies, sunflowers, and a rainbow adorn this Katsina's headdress, or tableta, to indicate the spirit's importance as a rain bringer. The Sio Hemis appear in the town's plaza in July to close the Katsina Season with the Niman (home-going) performance. Standing in a double line with their Manas (female counterparts), the Katsinam slowly rotate in opposite directions and then back again, continuing this solemn dance until they leave the plaza to return to their home in the distant San Francisco Peaks, Arizona.
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