Palhik Mana is a Butterfly Maid, not a Katsina, but a woman dancer. Though at the dances the Buttefly Maid is not masked or hooded, she generally appears this way when carved as a doll. Her tablita (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.
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