Green mask with cloud representations and lightning; red ears; black/red/white kilt and cape, red belt, sash and moccasins. Carved cottonwood root, feathers attached to head.
Donor:
Machinery Credit Corporation
Collection place:
Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Ralph K. Davies
Collection date:
Before 1971
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kachina dolls and Masks (costume)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Context of use:
Kachina used in education of children.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 23.5 centimeters
Comment:
Does not match Colton's categories. References: Colton, Harold S., 1959, "Hopi Kachina Dolls", Univerisity of New Mexico Press.