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Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-72172, described as Heheya Mana katsina (kachina); white pointed face mask with vertical red, blue, yellow zigzag lines. Black rectangular eyes. Red, wood "T" forms nose and eyebrows. Red tubular mouth. Black hair with maiden's whorls. Black leather dress and red sash. White painted body, arms, and legs. Bracelet both wrists. Cream moccasins. Black yarn at knees. Holds leather lasso in both hands. A.L. Sahmie, maker.
Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-72180, described as Ang-ak-china long-haired katsina (kachina); blue half mask. Black rectangular eyes. Black line above beard with colored squares. Feather and fur beard. Long black hair surrounding head. Black and yellow, body paint. White leather kilt with geometric designs. Red leather sash. Bells tied with yarn at knees. Blue moccasins, white hands, bracelets both wrists. Bow in left hand, rattle in right hand. Fur fox tail. A.L. Sahmie, carver.
Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-72177, described as Bear dancer katsina (kachina); case mask, white face and crown; brown behind head. Black rectangular eyes, red tubular mouth surrounded by blue geometric design, red ears, 4 feathers on head, face outlined in black yarn, green ruff. Black body with 2 vertical white stripes, front and back. White forearms and legs. White leather kilt with geometric designs. Black yarn at knees. White moccasins trimmed in white fur. String sash, bracelet on left wrist, and yarn on right wrist. Blue rattle in right hand, green yarn left hand. Fur fox tail. A.L. Sahmie, carver.
Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-72124, described as Standing figure; carved and painted cotton wood root figure with white face decorated with 2 rectangular black eyes and small, square, black mouth over 2 connected brown diamond shapes which extends across cheeks and from bridge of nose to chin. Each is bordered with a narrow turquoise line. Striated black hair hangs down back almost to waist. A painted roundel with carved wooden feathers is attached over each ear. Body is painted with a white wash over which brown/tan lines are painted. Figure wears a painted breast plate over which hangs a turquoise necklace and an orange bandolier over right shoulder extending almost to hem of kilt, over which, around top of kilt, is a pointed "concho belt" with a decorated roundel on right. A carved foxtail is attached at back. Kilt carved and painted to resemble deerskin. Wears sepia tone "Taos" boots with decorated ties around cuffs. Holds a red arrow in right hand and a bowl in left hand. Lewis Rogers, carver.
Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-72198, described as Navajo Yei-Be-Che dancer katsina (kachina); white case mask. Green corn stalk nose, rectangular eyes and mouth. Green ruff. Carved hair and feathers back of head. Carved feathers top of head. Animal tail or hair as side lock. Painted red jacket. Carved white animal skin tied over shoulder. Black pants. Brown moccasins. Hands originally held objects, now missing. "Hopi made" on base. Willie Qumyintewa, carver.
Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-72205, described as Poli Sio Hemis butterfly katsina (kachina); butterfly Zuni Jemez katsina. Case mask, half blue, half red. Red and blue tubular mouth. Green ruff, white tablets with red and blue butterfly each side. Two corn ears each side. White body paint, red sash across chest. Blue bead necklace, white painted leather kilt with sash and fox tail. Bells at knees, blue and red moccasins. Green branches in each hand. E. Taho, carver.
Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-72159, described as Rattle as Koshare head, white spherical gourd with large wooden nose and 2 black and white striped horns. Black and white circles on head. Hair bun back of head. Pot hook eyes and mouth. Red handle. F. Sahmie, carver.

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