Object type: ethnography / Culture or time period: Southwest North American cultures / Maker or artist: Meroll Avatehoya - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object type ethnography Culture or time period Southwest North American cultures Maker or artist Meroll Avatehoya

Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-72190, described as Kwa eagle katsina (kachina); carved and painted wooden figure. Blue-green case mask with carved feather ruff. Yellow eagle's beak, green brow band and black facial markings. Mask has 2 rounded, flat, red ears, each pierced by feathers. Carved feather dance wands atop and feather knot and standing feather on back. Body painted yellow and grey; arms and legs yellow. Carved feathers attached to each arm. Wears a kilt of natural wood decorated with green/red/white/black. Carved feather and plaque bustle (red/yellow/blue). Dancer is barefoot but with green/black/white ankle bands. Meroll Avatehoya, carver.