Tiponi
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tiponi is a noun meaning A Hopi badge of authority.
Meaning
A Hopi badge of authority.
Example Sentences
Of all objects on a Hopi altar perhaps the most important and constant is the badge of office or palladium, known as the tiponi, of the religious society which celebrates the rites about it. The Antelope altar has for the first seven days two tiponis, the Snake and Antelope.
Word Forms
- tiponis
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