Katsina figure

Museum number:
2-72137
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
25 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4765
Description:
Koshare or Hano clown katsina (kachina); man with white face and black markings around mouth and under eyes; black hair; soft horns with black and white stripes and leather fringe tips. Body, arms, leg with horizontal black and white stripes. Medicine bag around neck. Black breech clout with cloud symbol. Red bandana as sash. One tennis shoe; one brown boot. Figure holding watermelon slice and cut watermelon. Figure spitting seeds. Three seeds on base. A.L. Sahmie, carver.
Donor:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
North America, United States, Arizona, Hopi-Tewa
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Materials:
Leather and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kachina dolls
Accession date:
June 25, 2008
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 43 centimeters, depth 16 centimeters, height 41 centimeters, width 17 centimeters, and width 19 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-72137, described as Koshare or Hano clown katsina (kachina); man with white face and black markings around mouth and under eyes; black hair; soft horns with black and white stripes and leather fringe tips. Body, arms, leg with horizontal black and white stripes. Medicine bag around neck. Black breech clout with cloud symbol. Red bandana as sash. One tennis shoe; one brown boot. Figure holding watermelon slice and cut watermelon. Figure spitting seeds. Three seeds on base. A.L. Sahmie, carver.

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