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ID: 901000063
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000063
Record Type: Religion/Mythology/Legend

Palhikwmana (Native American character)

Note: Kachina spirit who functions as a liquid-drinking girl, corn-grinding girl, or nectar-drinking butterfly girl in traditional Kachina dance.

Names:
Palhikwmana (Native American character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Amerindian iconography> (P)
........<Southwestern Native American iconography> (P)
............<Southwestern Native American characters> (P)
................Kachinas (Native American characters) (I)
....................Palhikwmana (Native American character) (I)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... spirit (being)
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Hopi (culture or style)
.....(Western Pueblo, Pueblo (Native American style), Southwestern Native American, Native North American, Native American, Americas, The, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Palhikwmana (Native American character)
................Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-) http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/tile-with-palhikwmana-katsina-45643

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