TABLITA WOMAN DANCER - SAN ILDEFONSO
Photo by Edward. S. Curtis 1905
(From: The North American Indian: Plates
form the Southwest Volume Seventeen)
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The upper edge of the headdress, or koheye,
has terraced design emblematic of clouds.
The cresent in the center represents the
moon,
the oblong spaces at the sides are for rain,
the downy feathers are for white clouds.
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