FOOD BOWL Hopi—Shongopovi, 2nd Mesa—Arizona
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Case No. 11:
This food bowl is one of the finest specimens of decorative symbolism ever produced in Hopi basketry.
The decorations represent the knobhead (or Mudhead) Clown Kachina called Koyemsi, and the Crow Wing Mother (the mother of all Kachinas). The four ears of corn, each in a different color, represent the four seasons of the year.
Made by Lula Joshongeva, it received several awards at the 1956 Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonials, in Gallup, New Mexico. Further honor was bestowed the basket by a Navajo medicine man’s special blessing at a “Blessing Ceremony.” (See Plate 8b)