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POSTED BY:
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newmexicowoodcarver
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DATE:
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26.01.2010 |
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ITEM:
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Butterfly Maiden |
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LOCATION:
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Belen, New Mexico, United States
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PRICE:
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$200.00
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Butterfly Maid, is a woman dancer. Though at the dances the Butterfly Maid is not masked or hooded, she generally appears this way when carved as a doll. Her headdress carries symbols for corn and butterflies, which pollinate the corn helping to bring a good harvest. She generally appears in August, as that is when the butterflies appear. The Butterfly Dance, a traditional social dance of the Hopi, is held in August after the gathering of the harvest and presentation of the Snake Dance. It is a thanksgiving dance for the harvest, chiefly for the corn crop and features dancing by young Hopi maidens wearing elaborate headdresses.
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