Vintage Hopi Corn Boy Kachina Dance Rattle Signed Saddleblanket Two Faced Shaker

**Authentic Two-Faced Hopi "Corn Boy" (Qa'ö'tiyo) Ceremonial Dance Rattle / Shaker** Small Highly collectible, authentic Native American Hopi dance rattle featuring a stunning, hand-painted two-faced design. This is a small musical shaker traditionally used in Pueblo plaza dances to invoke rain . **Item Details & Auditory Features:** - **Front Side Face:** Depicts the Qa'ö'tiyo (Corn Boy) Katsina face mask painted in a striking turquoise/teal wash with a prominent red cylindrical nose and block ears. Adorned with natural crown feathers and horsehair/yucca-style black accent strands. - **Reverse Side Face:** Features an stylized rain-cloud spirit face with bold, inverted half-circle white eyes and vertical black accent lines. - **The Base:** The wood-burned pedestal handle/base features hand-painted ears of corn in all four sacred direction colors (Blue, White, Red, and Yellow). - **Signatures & Provenance:** The bottom of the wooden base is fully hand-signed and wood-burned by the Hopi artist: "Corn-Boy / Hopi 3rd Mesa / Saddleblanket" featuring illustrative kiva ladders. **Condition:** Excellent vintage/pre-owned condition. Sound mechanism functions beautifully. Clean paint, and the delicate feathers remain beautifully intact. (Please inspect all photos carefully as they form part of the condition description).