Hopi "Lakone Mana" and "Mamzrau Mana" Katchina Drawings, 1903 Bureau of American Ethnology Bookplate hand-forged hand toom winter and spring

winter and spring

as a lover of old penmanship I like the idea of having Spencerian pen nibs art one’s disposal—and this box is full not just of Ivison & Phinney nibs

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plus those great tiny little eyes of the turtle peering out curiously on either side

Hopi "Lakone Mana" and "Mamzrau Mana" Katchina Drawings, 1903 Bureau of American Ethnology Bookplate hand-forged hand toom winter and springThis 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