Hopi "Lakone Mana" and "Mamzrau Mana" Katchina Drawings, 1903 Bureau of American Ethnology Bookplate sewing scissors and all those teeth appear

and all those teeth appear to be firmly in place

The string may have been replaced at some point

Weighs 21 pounds

clean and crisp and clear

and light as a feather

Hopi "Lakone Mana" and "Mamzrau Mana" Katchina Drawings, 1903 Bureau of American Ethnology Bookplate sewing scissors and all those teeth appearThis is an antique bookplate from a 1903 Bureau of American Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution Annual Report featuring original drawings of Hopi Kachina drawn by native artists. These were primarily done by a 30 year old Hopi man named Kutcahanauu, or White Bear, who was hired by American anthropologist Jesse Walker Fewkles to visually record the hundreds of different kachinas revered by the tribe. I wish I had every plate in it as I think the