Katsina figure

Museum number:
2-72188
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
72 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4765
Description:
Kokopelli assasin or robber fly katsina (kachina); black case mask with white line running from hill over top of head. White pot hook eyes, sharp red snout, red ears, black and white yarn and red hair on head. Black and white ruff. Carved white jacket, white pants, black yarn sash across chest. Upper arms green cuffs. Blue yarn at knees and wrists. Brown moccasins with diamond patterns. Right hand with blue rattle. Willard Tungovia, Ho-Wee, carver.
Donor:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Collection place:
Eastern Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
North America, United States, Arizona, Hopi
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Materials:
Hair (material), Wood (plant material), and Yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kachina dolls and Masks (costume)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
June 25, 2008
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 18.5 centimeters, width 6 centimeters, width 7.5 centimeters, height 18 centimeters, and depth 8.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-72188, described as Kokopelli assasin or robber fly katsina (kachina); black case mask with white line running from hill over top of head. White pot hook eyes, sharp red snout, red ears, black and white yarn and red hair on head. Black and white ruff. Carved white jacket, white pants, black yarn sash across chest. Upper arms green cuffs. Blue yarn at knees and wrists. Brown moccasins with diamond patterns. Right hand with blue rattle. Willard Tungovia, Ho-Wee, carver.

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