Katsina figure

Museum number:
2-8917
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.289
Description:
Kachina doll. Carved cape with pink and blue stripes; clothing underneath black and white design; face with pink, yellow and black features, pink circles on cheeks; black painted hair; headdress triangular stepped wooden pieces, one detached, in pink, yellow, blue, black, and white. One feather left on headdress. Same as 2-8916 with rather rare and elaborate ornament.
Donor:
Kate S. Cory
Collection place:
Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Kate S. Cory
Collection date:
1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kachina dolls
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
On-wur-sua-son-toc" kachina.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 17 centimeters, 29 centimeters, and height 26 centimeters
Comment:
Polik Mana" (Claude Sakyesva, 1960). Photo: 15-5648 slide 2479.
Loans:
S1962-1963 #35: Oakland Public Museum (January 30, 1963–March 29, 1963)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-8917, described as Kachina doll. Carved cape with pink and blue stripes; clothing underneath black and white design; face with pink, yellow and black features, pink circles on cheeks; black painted hair; headdress triangular stepped wooden pieces, one detached, in pink, yellow, blue, black, and white. One feather left on headdress. Same as 2-8916 with rather rare and elaborate ornament.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-8917, described as Kachina doll. Carved cape with pink and blue stripes; clothing underneath black and white design; face with pink, yellow and black features, pink circles on cheeks; black painted hair; headdress triangular stepped wooden pieces, one detached, in pink, yellow, blue, black, and white. One feather left on headdress. Same as 2-8916 with rather rare and elaborate ornament.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-8917, described as Kachina doll. Carved cape with pink and blue stripes; clothing underneath black and white design; face with pink, yellow and black features, pink circles on cheeks; black painted hair; headdress triangular stepped wooden pieces, one detached, in pink, yellow, blue, black, and white. One feather left on headdress. Same as 2-8916 with rather rare and elaborate ornament.

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